Martha J Moore-Monroy

Interests

Research

Health Disparities and Minority HealthCommunity Led Health InterventionsLatino HealthCommunity Coalitions- Community Campus PartnershipsCommunity Health WorkersCommunity Lead Action and Community Based Participatory ResearchIntroduction to Public Health

Teaching

Health Disparities and Minority HealthProgram Planning, Implementation and EvaluationCommunity Coalitions- Community Campus PartnershipsLatino HealthCommunity Health WorkersCommunity Lead Action and Community Based Participatory ResearchPolicy Systems and Environmental ChangeIntroduction to Public Health

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., & Lewandowski, D. (2016). No Hay Peor Lucha Que La Que No Se Hace: Re-negotiating cycling in a Latino community. In Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?(pp Unknown at this time). Routledge.
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  Using Community-Based Participatory Action (CBPA) principles, a culturally, linguistically, and community relevant bicycling plan was developed and implemented by a local Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) coalition in a predominantly Latino, underserved community with a history of significant health disparities. Bicycling resources have centered on more affluent and white areas of town, despite advocate efforts to bring these resources to underserved communities. The plan owed it’s success to the leadership/engagement of community members; shared decision-making; community strengths/assets; collaborative, multi-sector partnerships; co-learning; iterative process; addressing the problem through asset-based and ecological perspectives; transparency/dissemination of information; and long-term commitment.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Lewandowski, D. D., & Armenta, A. M. (2016). No hay peor lucha que la que no se hace: Re-negotiating cycling in a Latino community. In Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?(pp 217-230). New York: New York: Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City Series.

Journals/Publications

• Moore-Monroy, M., Soto, S., Yusoof, K. A., Perez-Coronado, M., Felix, T., Valenzuela Cordova, R., Ortiz Y Pino, K. M., Palmer, K. N., Celaya, M., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025).

  Reaching Across the Divide: Integrating Equitable Community-Based Qualitative Methods and Trusted Engagement Strategies Into Arizona's Statewide Maternal and Child Community Assessment

  . Journal of primary care & community health, 16, 21501319251376284.
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  Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains a pressing public health issue, with African American and Indigenous populations experiencing significantly higher rates. In Arizona, maternal mortality reached 30.0 deaths per 100,000 births in 2023, well above the national average. To address persistent maternal and child health (MCH) inequities, the Arizona Department of Health Services, in collaboration with a university and other strategic partners, conducted the 2025 Arizona Statewide Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment using community-engaged research (CeNR) approaches. Qualitative methods, including the River of Life (ROL) and Community Forums (CF), were employed to elevate diverse community voices, particularly from underserved rural, border, and minoritized populations. Key priorities identified included improving access to mental health care, addressing childcare shortages, expanding transportation and healthcare access, and strengthening culturally and linguistically appropriate services. The ROL approach revealed 8 social drivers of health, while CFs highlighted actionable solutions rooted in lived experience. Findings underscore the need for upstream policy investments and community-informed strategies to reduce maternal health disparities and improve statewide MCH outcomes. This participatory process demonstrates the value of engaging historically marginalized communities in shaping programs and policies that directly impact their health and well-being.
• Moore-Monroy, M., Soto, S., Yusoof, K. A., Perez-Coronado, M., Felix, T., Valenzuela Cordova, R., Ortiz y Pino, K. M., Palmer, K. N., Celaya, M., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025). Reaching Across the Divide: Integrating Equitable Community-Based Qualitative Methods and Trusted Engagement Strategies Into Arizona’s Statewide Maternal and Child Community Assessment. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 16. doi:10.1177/21501319251376284
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  Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains a pressing public health issue, with African American and Indigenous populations experiencing significantly higher rates. In Arizona, maternal mortality reached 30.0 deaths per 100,000 births in 2023, well above the national average. To address persistent maternal and child health (MCH) inequities, the Arizona Department of Health Services, in collaboration with a university and other strategic partners, conducted the 2025 Arizona Statewide Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment using community-engaged research (CeNR) approaches. Qualitative methods, including the River of Life (ROL) and Community Forums (CF), were employed to elevate diverse community voices, particularly from underserved rural, border, and minoritized populations. Key priorities identified included improving access to mental health care, addressing childcare shortages, expanding transportation and healthcare access, and strengthening culturally and linguistically appropriate services. The ROL approach revealed 8 social drivers of health, while CFs highlighted actionable solutions rooted in lived experience. Findings underscore the need for upstream policy investments and community-informed strategies to reduce maternal health disparities and improve statewide MCH outcomes. This participatory process demonstrates the value of engaging historically marginalized communities in shaping programs and policies that directly impact their health and well-being.
• Rosa, W. E., Santos, J., Agbeko, A. E., Barksdale, C. L., Carvajal, S., Dillard, D., Elk, R., Emrick, G. E., Gany, F., Gazaway, S., Leng, J., Mazor, M., Moore-Monroy, M., Salins, N., Godwin, K., Bhoo-Pathy, N., Borda, J. P., Fernández-González, L., Mann, E., , Shapiro, G. K., et al. (2025).

  Community-based participatory research: a lifeline to achieve people-centered care

  . Frontiers in public health, 13, 1693459.
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  People-centered care (PCC) represents a key paradigm shift in achieving universal health coverage and closing global public health divides. Amid growing global health disparities, shifts in epidemiological disease burden, and evolving sociopolitical contexts that affect healthcare delivery and research initiatives, there is an urgent need for public health scientists to develop community-rooted research strategies that uphold health promotion principles and sustain PCC. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a social justice approach that offers a distinct, equity-driven perspective on operationalizing PCC. CBPR fosters long-term, trust-based partnerships; centers the lived experiences and leadership of underserved populations; and co-develops sustainable health interventions that are culturally attuned to communities. Among participatory and community-engaged approaches, CBPR most closely aligns with-and can directly strengthen-the implementation of PCC principles. This paper presents an interprofessional and internationally relevant analysis of how CBPR can support PCC across clinical, public health, and policy domains. We begin by outlining foundational processes for establishing equitable academic-community partnerships. We then detail exemplar CBPR initiatives with racially and ethnically minoritized populations, as well as rural border and migrant communities, highlighting how these collaborations have advanced PCC goals. These exemplars, structured around key CBPR processes and mapped to PCC principles, form the basis of a conceptual blueprint for action. Next, we present a framework for applying CBPR to promote uptake of the World Health Organization's integrated model for PCC, emphasizing its relevance with consideration to shifting policy and funding landscapes. Finally, we offer actionable recommendations for clinicians, researchers, community partners, health systems, and policy actors to integrate CBPR across the research continuum. To fully realize PCC in a rapidly changing world, researchers must shift from producing knowledge communities to co-producing knowledge them, ensuring that science is conducted in equal partnership with those most affected by structural health inequities.
• Garcia, F. A., Nuno, V. L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Wilkinson-Lee, A. M. (2017). Engaging Promotora-led Community-based Participatory Research: An Introduction to a Crossover Design Focusing on Reproductive and Mental Health Needs of a Latina Community. Journal of Latina/o Psychology.
• Garcia, F. A., Nuno, V. L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Wilkinson-Lee, A. M. (2018). Engaging Promotora-led Community-based Participatory Research: An Introduction to a Crossover Design Focusing on Reproductive and Mental Health Needs of a Latina Community. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 6(4), 291-303.
• Garcia, F. A., Nuno, V. L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Wilkinson-Lee, A. M. (2018). Engaging Promotora-led Community-based Participatory Research: An Introduction to a Crossover Design Focusing on Reproductive and Mental Health Needs of a Latina Community. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 6(4), 291-303. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lat0000119
• Garcia, F., Nuno, V. L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Hopkins, A., & Wilkinson-Lee, A. M. (2016). It’s Complicated: Negotiating between Traditional Research and CBPR in a Translational Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 10(3).
• Hopkins, A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Nuno, V. L., & Garcia, F. (2016). It’s Complicated: Negotiating between Traditional Research and CBPR in a Translational Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 10(3), 425-433.
• Kutcher, R., Moore-Monroy, M., Bello, E., Doyle, S., Ibarra, J., Kunz, S., Munoz, R., Patton-Lopez, M., Sharkey, J. R., Wilger, S., & Alfero, C. (2015). Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 38(4), 321-32.
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  The REACH Su Comunidad Consortium worked with 10 communities to address disparities in access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities among Hispanic populations through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies. Community health workers took leadership roles in the implementation of PSE strategies in partnership with local multisector coalitions. This article describes the role of community health workers in PSE change, the technical and professional development support provided to the REACH Su Comunidad Communities, and highlights professional development needs of community health workers engaging in PSE strategies.
• Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Hopkins, A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Nuno, V. L., & Garcia, F. (2015). It’s Complicated: Negotiating between Traditional Research and CBPR in a Translational Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.
• Cosgrove, S., Moore-Monroy, M., Jenkins, C., Castillo, S. R., Williams, C., Parris, E., Tran, J. H., Rivera, M. D., & Brownstein, J. N. (2014). Community health workers as an integral strategy in the REACH U.S. program to eliminate health inequities. Health promotion practice, 15(6), 795-802.
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  Mounting evidence indicates that community health workers (CHWs) contribute to improved behavioral and health outcomes and reductions in health disparities. We provide an overview (based on grantee reports and community action plans) that describe CHW contributions to 22 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) programs funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2007 to 2012, offering additional evidence of their contributions to the effectiveness of community public health programs. We then highlight how CHWs helped deliver REACH U.S. community interventions to meet differing needs across communities to bridge the gap between health care services and community members, build community and individual capacity to plan and implement interventions addressing multiple chronic health conditions, and meet community needs in a culturally appropriate manner. The experience, skills, and success gained by CHWs participating in the REACH U.S. program have fostered important individual community-level changes geared to increase health equity. Finally, we underscore the importance of CHWs being embedded within these communities and the flexibility they offer to intervention strategies, both of which are characteristics critical to meeting needs of communities experiencing health disparities. CHWs served a vital role in facilitating and leading changes and will continue to do so.
• Moore-Monroy, M., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Verdugo, L., Lopez, E., Paez, L., Rodriguez, D., Wilhelm, M., & Garcia, F. (2013). Addressing the information gap: developing and implementing a cervical cancer prevention education campaign grounded in principles of community-based participatory action. Health promotion practice, 14(2).
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  Despite significant advances in prevention, Mexican American women continue to experience disparities related to cervical cancer and access to current and relevant health information. To address this disparity a community-campus partnership initiated an outreach program to Latinas in Arizona as one part of an integrated approach. Promotoras (community health workers) provided the leadership in the development of a curriculum to (a) train promotoras on cervical cancer, (b) meet informational needs of community members, (c) address relevant social determinants of heath, and (d) promote access to health care. The purpose of this article is to describe the community-based participatory approach used in the development of the curriculum. Specifically, the article describes the leadership of promotoras, the curriculum development, and the use of continual feedback to inform the quality control. To address cervical cancer disparities for Mexican American women, the Pima County Cervical Cancer Prevention Partnership used principles of community-based participatory action.
• Reinschmidt, K. M., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Bradford, G., Drummond, R. L., Torres, E., Redondo, F., Elenes, J. J., Sanders, A., Gastelum, S., Moore-Monroy, M., Barajas, S., Fernandez, L., Alvidrez, R., de Zapien, J. G., & Staten, L. K. (2010). Taking a broad approach to public health program adaptation: adapting a family-based diabetes education program. The journal of primary prevention, 31(1-2).
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  Diabetes health disparities among Hispanic populations have been countered with federally funded health promotion and disease prevention programs. Dissemination has focused on program adaptation to local cultural contexts for greater acceptability and sustainability. Taking a broader approach and drawing on our experience in Mexican American communities at the U.S.-Mexico Border, we demonstrate how interventions are adapted at the intersection of multiple cultural contexts: the populations targeted, the community- and university-based entities designing and implementing interventions, and the field team delivering the materials. Program adaptation involves negotiations between representatives of all contexts and is imperative in promoting local ownership and program sustainability.
• Hill, A., De Zapien, J. G., Staten, L. K., Jean McClelland, D., Garza, R., Moore-Monroy, M., Elenes, J. J., Steinfelt, V., Tittelbaugh, I., Whitmer, E., & Meister, J. S. (2008). From program to policy: Expanding the role of community coalitions. Preventing Chronic Disease, 5(Issue 1).
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  Background: Diabetes mortality at the United States-Mexico border is twice the national average. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasingly diagnosed among children and adolescents. Fragmented services and scarce resources further restrict access to health care. Increased awareness of the incidence of disease and poor health outcomes became a catalyst for creating community-based coalitions and partnerships with the University of Arizona that focused on diabetes. Context: Five partnerships between the communities and the University of Arizona were formed to address these health issues. They began with health promotion as their goal and were challenged to add policy and environmental change to their objectives. Understanding the meaning of policy in the community context is the first step in the transition from program to policy. Policy participation brings different groups together, strengthening ties and building trust among community members and community organizations. Methods: Data on progress and outcomes were collected from multiple sources. We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 Community Change Model as the capacity-building and analytic framework for supporting and documenting the transition of coalitions from program to policy. Consequences: Over 5 years, the coalitions made the transition, in varying degrees, from a programmatic focus to a policy planning and advocacy focus. The coalitions raised community awareness, built community capacity, encouraged a process of "change in change agents," and advocated for community environmental and policy shifts to improve health behaviors. Interpretation: The five coalitions made environmental and policy impacts by engaging in policy advocacy. These outcomes indicate the successful, if not consistently sustained, transition from program to policy. Whether and how these "changes in change agents" are transferable to the larger community over the long term remains to be seen.
• Hill, A., De Zapien, J. G., Staten, L. K., McClelland, D. J., Garza, R., Moore-Monroy, M., Elenes, J., Steinfelt, V., Tittelbaugh, I., Whitmer, E., & Meister, J. S. (2007). From program to policy: expanding the role of community coalitions. Preventing chronic disease, 4(4).
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  Diabetes mortality at the United States-Mexico border is twice the national average. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasingly diagnosed among children and adolescents. Fragmented services and scarce resources further restrict access to health care. Increased awareness of the incidence of disease and poor health outcomes became a catalyst for creating community-based coalitions and partnerships with the University of Arizona that focused on diabetes.

Presentations

• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2025, Spring).

  Arts-Based Methods Elevating the Voices of Historically Marginalized Communities

  . Resilience Con. Nashville, TN: Life Paths Research Center.
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  Proyecto Juntos is a community-led project focusing on the critical need to address mental health inequities and improve access to culturally and linguistically responsive mental/behavioral health (MBH) services in four rural predominantly Latino communities in Arizona. These communities experience disproportionate levels of unemployment, poverty, social vulnerability, isolation, lack of providers, and a high percentage of uninsured residents. An assessment was conducted to identify the systemic drivers of these MBH inequities, utilizing both traditional qualitative (focus groups, listening sessions) and innovative arts-based methods (Digital Stories and River of Life (ROL). Digital Stories and ROL are asset-based approaches utilizing an equity lens grounded in community leadership and expertise. ROL is an inclusive activity that breaks down barriers (e.g., linguistic, SES) to participation. Participants work in groups drawing symbols representing their goals, assets and barriers impacting access to MBH care. Digital stories are impactful videos created by community members about their lived experiences. These stories provide a profound understanding of the impact of the MBH inequities. Community members authored bilingual digital stories on community assets and barriers to MBH care. The stories were shared at community advisory board listening sessions, addressing stigma and stimulating deep reflection, creating a safe inclusive space for sharing.
• Contreras, A., Soto, S., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Valenzuela-Cordova, R., Felix, T., Celaya, M., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025, November).

  From Service to Research: The role of Mobile Health Unit CHWS in the ADHS Qualitative Health Needs Assessment

  . American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington DC: American Public Health Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2024, April). Assessing the capacity and resilience of health care providers to address health disparities.. ResilienceCon. Nashville, Tennessee: Life Paths Research Center.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2025, February).

  Flowing in the River of Life-Public Health Workshop

  . Black Men in White Coats. Vitual: Pathway Scholars Program UA College of Medicine Phoenix.
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  Future career planning for youth
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Soto, S. (2024, June). River of Life: Activity to Identify the Assets & Barriers Impacting Maternal and Child Health. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Flagstaff Arizona: Arizona Alliance Of Community Health Centers.
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  Listening Session to identify Maternal and Child Health Issues.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Soto, S., Celaya, M., Perez-Coronado, M., Valenzuela-Cordova, R., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025, November).

  Community campus partnership employing arts-based methods to identify the social determinants of health impacting maternal and child health in rural and underserved communities in Arizona.

  . American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Washington DC: American Public Health Association.
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  Presentation on the utilization of arts-based methods to identify the relevant social determinants of health in rural Arizona.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Soto, S., Perez-Coronado, M., Celaya, M., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025, June).

  Results of  Arizona Title V Assessment

  . Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Phoenix: Arizona Alliance of Community Health Centers.
• Poitras Pratt, Y., Moore Monroy, M., & Nowicki Clark, J. (2025, May).

  Storywork: Cultivating safe space and places for shared humanity

  . C2U Expo. Edmonton Albert Canada: MacEwan University.
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  Workshop focused on the role of digital storytelling in community-campus partnerships and research to address social and global issues.
• Poitras-Pratt, Y., Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Nowicki-Clark, J. (2025, May).

  Storywork-Cultivating Safe Space and Places for Shared Humanity

  . C2U Expo 2025. Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
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  Embracing the idea of imperfections and cracks as part of the natural ways of living together on Planet Earth, we come together as artists, educators, and story workers to find our shared light of humanity. In this interactive session, we share our perspectives as Indigenous and non-Indigenous activist-educators working in different places and spaces. From the Rocky Mountain foothills of Calgary to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona we find space for shared humanity from, and in spite of, diverse places. We see the potential of digital storytelling as a way to humanize places in our efforts towards creating a sense of empathy and greater understanding.We invite attendees to witness how digital stories are created in community-based workshops across Indigenous spaces and places, public health education, and creative pursuits. We seek to create transformative spaces where systemic inequities are brought to light and vulnerabilities welcomed. Participants will 1) Share what they have learned from each digital story through a lens of empathy and 2) Participate in a collaborative activity responding to “How does the lens of empathy transform stories from another place into a shared space”? Attendees will walk away with a new understanding of the transformative potential of digital storytelling to let light in.
• Soto, S., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Perez Coronado, M., Celaya, M., & Ehiri, J. E. (2025, Fall).

  ADHS Title V Assessment Community Forum Presentations

  . Title V Community Forums. Prescott, Phoenix, Nogales, Yuma, virtual: ADHS.
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  Presentation of results of Qualitative Assessment
• Soto, S., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Perez-Coronado, M., Celaya, M., Tarango, P., & Ehiri, J. (2025, April).

  Arizona MCH Priority Setting Meeting

  . Arizona MCH Priority Setting Meeting. Desert Willow Conference Center, Phoenix AZ: Arizona Department of Health Services.
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  Presented results of the River of Life and Community Forums to AZ MCH  steering committee members and other stakeholders.
• Lewandowski, D., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2023, October). “Lost in Translation: Bridging the Communication Gap Between Transportation and Public Health,”. Arizona State Planning Conference.. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Planning Association.
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  The interactive presentation focused on how to address miscommunication between the two fields.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2024, February). The Power is in the Tale: Promoting Health Equity Through Building the Capacity and Resilience of Provide Whole-Person Patient and Relationship-Centered Care.. NWRPCA Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Seattle Washington: Northwest Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2024, May). Community-led Participatory Research to Improve Health Outcomes. Technical Assistance. Virtual: Meharry College of Global Health Equity.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Sanchez, B., Gonzalez, L., Sol, E., & Emerick, G. (2024, Sept 12). River of Life Workshop for ComPASS Grantees. NIH ComPASS Annual Consortium Meeting. Bethesda Maryland: National Institutes of Health.
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  Use of River of Life as an effective and efficient means of engaging community members from multiple sectors in research.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Soto, S., Parra Felix, T., Valenzuela Cordova, R., & Ehiri, J. E. (2024, Junje). Title V  MCH Qualitative Assessment- River of Life Activity. 9th Annual Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Flagstaff Arizona: Alliance of Arizona Community Health Centers.
• Soto, S., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2024, June). River of Life: Activity to Identify the Assets & Barriers Impacting Maternal and Child Health. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Flagstaff Arizona: Arizona Alliance Of Community Health Centers.
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  Listening Session to identify Maternal and Child Health Issues.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2022, April 7). Changing the Paradigm: Who tells our story, shapes our destiny- Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt. Webinar. Virtual: University of Arizona HPS and the National REACH Coalition.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2022, June). Social determinants and health inequities presentation. University of Arizona Grand Rounds Urology. Virtual.
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  Invited presentation on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequities for the Department of Urology.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2023, September).

  The Power is in the Tale: Digital Stories and Medical Training on Patient and Relationship-Centered Care

  . MEZCOPH All College Seminar. University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health: MEZCOPH.
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  Presentation on a phenomenological study of primary care residents.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2023, sept).

  Resilience and Patient and Relationship-Centered Care

  . 2023 Arizona Workforce Recruitment and Retention Conference. Phoenix: Arizona Alliance of Community Health Centers.
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  The presentation focused on strategies to promote resilience in the health care workforce tosupport the provision of patient and relationship-centered care.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ruddock, C., Wise David, D., & French Turner, T. (2023, August-May). National REACH Coalition Webinar Series: “Changing the Paradigm: Who Tells Our Story Shapes Our Destiny”.  Six webinars were produced and aired in 2023.   . National REACH Coalition webinar series. Virtual: National REACH Coalitiion.
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  Series of community-engaged webinars focused on promoting health equity through communities reclaiming their stories.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2022, June 16). Partnerships/ strategies ensuring the inclusion fo historically marginalized community voices are included in assessments. Northwest Public Health and Primary Care Leadership Institute. Virtual: Northwest Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2022, May 10). Inclusive Assessments: raising the voices of rural communities. National Rural Health Association Health Equity Conference. Albuquerque New Mexico: National Rural Health Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2022, November). Community-Clinic Linkages, Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health. Family and Community Medicine Teaching DayUA Family and Community Medicine.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Sanchez, B. (2022, April 14). Partnerships/ strategies ensuring the inclusion of historically marginalized communities' voices in community assessments. 2022 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Portland Oregon: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
• Celaya, M., Okechukwu, A., Butler, S., Palmer, K., Kram, N., Nuno, V. L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Magrath, P. A., Ehiri, J. E., & Yuan, N. P. (2021, April). “Work with us and not against us”: Creating a safe space for hearing the voices of African-American and refugee parents for a statewide maternal and child health needs assessment. ResilienceCon. Virtual.
• Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., Magrath, P. A., Yuan, N. P., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2021, Spring). River of Life: Application of a visual method to promote inclusion and build partnerships for a statewide maternal and child health needs assessment in Arizona.. Resilience ConLife Paths Research.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Carbajal, B., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Nuno, V. L., & Magrath, P. A. (2021, April 9). Community and campus partnerships key role in identifying and addressing social determinants of health impacting MCH. 2021 Resiliency in Maternal and Child Health Populations Conference. Virtual: ASU College of Health Solutions.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., & Nuno, V. L. (2021, 4-12-2021). River of Life: Application of a visual method to promote inclusion and build partnerships for a statewide maternal and child health assessment in arizona. Rescon. Virtual: Resilience con.
• Celaya, M., Balland, L., Welter, A., Bingham, L., Nuno, V. L., Magrath, P. A., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ehiri, J. E., & Yuan, N. P. (2020, October). Stakeholder engagement for a maternal and child health needs assessment: Application of the River of Life tool at statewide meetings. APHA. Virtual.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Yuan, N. P., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., & Nuno, V. L. (2020, August). Presentation of results of Title V MCH assessment. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Sedona. Arizona: Arizona Rural Women's Health Department.
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  Present on the Title V MCH assessment unfortunately the conference was canceled.
• Demotica, C., Delgado, D. G., Rogers, C. H., Guzman, P., Rivera- Miguel, P., Shiwoko, H., Salat, F., Lucero Samaniego, L., Yqnez-Medibles, M., Daulat, S. R., Dzhalilova, M., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, August). Virtual Tour of Southside of Tucson. Health Care Disparities Introductory Forum. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona College of Mediciine.
• Ehiri, J. E., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ehiri, J. E., Cotes, A., Cotes, A., Yuan, N. P., Baland, L., Baland, L., Magrath, P. A., Welter, A., Welter, A., Welter, A., Baland, L., Magrath, P. A., Magrath, P. A., Cotes, A., Yuan, N. P., Yuan, N. P., Moore-Monroy, M. J., , Ehiri, J. E., et al. (2019, June). River of Life Activity for Annual Arizona Community Health Worker Confernce. Annual Arizona Community Health Outreach Worker Conference.
• Moore Monroy, M. J., & Williams, A. (2019, February). Healthy Aging in Place. Northwest Primary Care Association Western Forum for Community and Migrant Health. Portland Oregon: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Eller, B. (2019, November). Improving programming through partnership: the value of assessment and evaluation.. The Academic Health Department’s Mini -Public Health School. Pima County Health Department, Tucson: Pima County Health Department and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
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  How to develop an effective community-campus partnership.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ehiri, J. E., Cortes, A., Magrath, P. A., Welter, A., Yuan, N. P., Nuno, V. L., Nuno, V. L., Welter, A., Yuan, N. P., Cortes, A., Magrath, P. A., Ehiri, J. E., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ehiri, J. E., Cortes, A., Welter, A., Nuno, V. L., Yuan, N. P., , Magrath, P. A., et al. (2019, August). Calling for input on Maternal and Child Health Services in the State of Arizona. Arizona Rural Health Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona: Arizona Center for Rural Health.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ehiri, J. E., Magrath, P. A., Nuno, V. L., Welter, A., Yuan, N. P., Welter, A., Yuan, N. P., Nuno, V. L., Magrath, P. A., Ehiri, J. E., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, June). River of Life Activity for MCH Title V Community Assessment. Arizona Rural Women's Health Symposium. Sedona, Arizona: Alliance of Community Health Centers.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Lewandoski, D., & Williams, A. (2019, September). Bike Your Community: Creating a Roadmap for the Development of a Community Relevant Bicycle Hub. American Planning Association Arizona Chapter Annual Conference. Oro Valley Arizona: American Planning Association Arizona Chapter.
• Ruddock, C., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, May). National REACH Coalition Presentation. CDC Technical Assistance Workshop. Atlanta Georgia: National REACH Coalition.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Molina, P. (2018, May). he REACH Model: Working to Achieve Health Equity in Rural Communities. NRHA Health Equity Conference. New Orleans: National Rural Health Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Montes, L. (2018, June). Community engagement in cervical cancer awareness and the role of community health workers in addressing the information gap. AZCHOW Annual Confernce. Tucson: AZCHOW.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Nowicki Clark, J., & Redondo, F. (2018, February). Digital storytelling: a tool to promote health equity. Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Seattle, Washington: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Williams, A., & Kaufman, A. (2018, July). Healthy Aging in Place. Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona: Arizona Center for Rural Health.
• Ruddock, C., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Alfero, C., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Alfero, C., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Ruddock, C., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2018, February). The REACH model: community led approach for health equity. Northwest Regional Primary Health Care Association: Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. Seattle, Washington: Northwest Regional Primary Healthcare Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Nowicki-Clark, J. (2017, May). Digital Stories: community voices as a health equity lens to improve population health- skill building workshop. C2U Expo For the Common Good, Vancouver , BC Canada. Vancouver, BC Canada: Simon Fraser University and Community Campus Partnerships for Health.
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  Digital Stories (DS) serve as a vehicle for community voices in efforts to improve population health in underserved communities. DS are a valuable source of qualitative data for community assessments, program planning, policy, advocacy, and evaluation. DS highlight the community as teacher for service learning orientations. These stories promote effective communication, build consensus and support inclusivity. DS provide opportunities to enhance engagement for those actively involved and for people whose participation is limited due to lack of resources. The stories carry multiple messages, which combined with quantitative data, provide an accurate understanding of community assets and barriers.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Williams, A. (2017, February). Bike Ajo;CHW led bicycling hub to reduce chronic disease in a frontier border community. NWRPCA Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health. San Francisco, CA: Northwest Regional Primary Care Association.
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  An interactive presentation provided technical assistance on the development of a program to increase physical activity while addressing the relevant social determinants of health.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Molina, P., Nowicki Clark, J., Leonard, J., Redondo, F., & Williams, A. (2017, May). Digital storytelling: voices promoting rural health equity. National Rural Health Association Health Equity Conference. San Diego, California: National Rural Health Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Ruddock, C., & Wallace, T. (2017, October). The REACH Model: A movement to promote health equity and to eliminate racial and health disparities. Midwest REACH Grantee Forum. Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska: Creighton University.
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  Presentation on National REACH Coalition and the REACH model to Midwest REACH grantees.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Clark, J. (2016, September). Presentation on Digital Storytelling to Vitalyst Health Innovation Grantees. Vitalyst Grantee Meeting. Phoenix Arizona: Vitalyst.
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  Us of digital storytelling for community led initiatives
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Redondo, F. (2016, February). CHW Role in Upstream PSE Change. Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Western Forum on Migrant and Community Health. Portland Oregan: Northwest Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Redondo, F. (2016, February). CHW Role in Upstream PSE Change. Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Western Forum on Migrant and Community Health. Portland Oregon: Northwest Primary Care Association.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2015, August). Women's Health Projects. Arizona Rural Women's Health Network Meeting. Sedona: Arizona Alliance of Community Health Centers.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Attakai, A. (2015, September). How to build,maintain and sustain community coalitions focused on population health. Arizona Center for Rural Health Webinar Series. Arizona Telemedicine: Arizona Center for Rural Health.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., & Redondo, F. (2015, September). Agents of Change: Expanding the Role of Promotoras de Salud. National Council of La Raza Hispanic Health Summit. San Antonio: National Council of La Raza.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2014, April). How can supervisors support leadership of CHWs? (CHWs welcome to participate. REACH Su Comunidad Sub-recipient Conference. Tucson Arizona: Center for Health Innovation-Hidalgo Medical Services.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2014, March). Success Stories From The Field. National REACH Coalition’s, (NRC) Community Transformation Grant (CTG) workshop. Los Angeles: National REACH Coalition.
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  Participated in a panel discussion and a break out session on community led approaches to reducing health disparities.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Lewandowski, D. J., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Lopez, E., & Zoll, M. (2014, Spring, 2014). Social Equity in Bicycling. From Rhetoric to Reality: Achieving Authentic, Equitable & Transformative Partnerships 13th International Conference. Chicago Illinois: Community Campus Partnerships For Health.
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  The primary goal of the bicycling center promotes bicycling as a healthy, culturally competent, family centeredmeans of affordable physical activity and transportation through the promotion of safe bicycling practices and awareness. A sustainable bilingual Bike Program Center was created for youth and their families who reside within the Sunnyside Unified School District (SUSD) Boundaries in addition to Drachman Clubhouse members. The Boys & Girls Club (BGC) certified cycling instructor conducts workshops on safe cycling techniques and helps to organize bicycling events in conjunction with BGC staff, volunteers and community residents. The BGC staff are trained in the proper fitting of bicycle helmets and distribute the bicycle helmets by appointment. In addition, the BGC staff are trained in bicycle repair and work with community members of to help them repair and maintain their own bicycles.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Redondo, F., Molina, P., Licona, L., Sander, A., Thomas, M., & Kuiper, C. (2014, March). REACH Su Comunidad: Community-led Strategies Promoting Health Equality for Latino Communities”. University of Arizona Social Justice Symposium. University of Arizona: University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman Collegs of Public Health.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Hector, B. J., Ibarra, J., Kutcher, R., Seth, D., Alfaro, C., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Hector, B. J., Ibarra, J., Kutcher, R., Seth, D., & Alfaro, C. (2013, November). REACH Su Comunidad Project : A community health worker model emphasizing policy, systems and environmental strategies to address Hispanic health disparities among 5 U.S.-states. American Public Health Association Conference. Boston Mass: American Public Health Association.
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  Reach Su Comunidad is a Consortium of organizations that have demonstrated commitment with the community health worker model to improve the health of Hispanic populations in 15 selected communities from Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington by supporting the leadership of local community organizations using the community health worker model. This Consortium is integrating a unique community empowerment and ecological public health model to improve the health of Hispanic populations among the 15 communities by utilizing policy (P), systems (S) and environmental (E) strategies guided by community health workers.A transformative process approach is being implemented to guide the goals and specific objectives set by the 15 sub-recipients within the targeted States for specifically supporting proper nutrition, physical activity and healthy changes in weight. These processes include: 1) establishing a functional multi-sector community coalition to constitute the "community leadership team"; 2) utilizing a community assessment/policy scan to drive the community health worker model for implementing PSE activities in vulnerable Hispanic communities; 3)advancing health equity by integrating the community health worker model as part of an integrating into community-level PSE strategy implementation approach of building the infrastructure of the 15 sub-recipients; 4) receiving an ongoing process of technical assistance by the Consortium that includes a comprehensive toolkit with an in-depth ecological evaluation to measure components of the PSE activities lead by the community health worker model itself and its features. This presentation will provide highlights of all of the components of the Reach Su Comunidad Initiative.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Redondo, F., Kutcher, R., Balcazar, H. J., Ibarra, J., Alfero, C., Sharkey, J., & Beltran, E. (2013, December). REACH: Building Community Leadership to Address Health Disparities. National Rural Health Association's 19th Annual Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference. San Antonio Texas: National Rural Health Association.
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  The REACH Su Comunidad Consortium focuses on building leadership of community health workers (CHWs) beyond direct service to address racial and ethnic health disparities and the social determinants of health through high-impact community health strategies, including systems and environmental approaches in their communities. REACH Su Comunidad places a special focus on Hispanic/Latino communities. The members of the panel will describe the REACH model, the role of CHWs in public health, CHW and community member leadership development, and evaluation. Community health workers from two REACH Su Comunidad communities will describe the initiatives in their communities. A proposed financing model will be presented to address sustainable financing for both direct-service and community-based prevention work by community health workers.

Poster Presentations

• Kolman, K. B., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2019, April). Docs on Bikes: An Innovative Educational Program on Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Disparities. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference. Toronto, Ontario Canada: Society.
• Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Nuno, V. L., Hopkins, A., Lopez, E., Vanzzini, S., Garcia, F. A., Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Nuno, V. L., Hopkins, A., Lopez, E., Vanzzini, S., & Garcia, F. A. (2016, July 15). Reach Out for Healthier Communities: A promotora-led community-based participatory research study focusing on reproductive and mental health needs of a Latina community.. 3rd Biennial Latina Researchers Conference. San Antonio, TX: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Alfero, C., Wilger, S., Deniz, R., Doyle, S., Kunz, S., Kutcher, R., Ibarra, J., Munro, J., Redondo, F., & Molina, P. (2015, April 14). Building Community Capacity to Reduce Health Disparities. National Rural Health Association Minority and Multicultural Conference. Philadelphia: National Rural Health Association.

Others

• Ehiri, J. E., Soto, S., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Palmer, K., Perez Coronado, M., Tucker Ortiz Y Pino, K., Felix Parra, T., & Valenzuela- Cordova, R. (2025, June).

  Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment: Community Perspectives Final Report

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• Emrick, G., Sanchez, B. O., Gonzalez, L., Moore-Monroy, M. J., Duenas, K., Guernsey de Zapien, J., Carvajal, S. C., Maya, M., Collier, E., Albelais, P., Felix, E., Nisbet, K., Hardesty, E., Harris, E., Garcia, A., Elias, M., Ramos, V., Molina, P., & Contreras, R. (2025, January).

  Community Assessment Report for Proyecto Juntos

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  Proyecto Juntos/ Project Together Community Engaged Assessment Report on access to mental and behavioral health services in Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham and Greenlee counties.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2024, April). River of Life Methods Training for 2025 Title V Maternal and Child Health Assessment.
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  Training session for River of Life Research Methodology for the 2025 Title V Maternal and Child Health Assessment
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Duenas, K., Sanchez, B., Gonzalez, L., Guernsey De Zapien, J. E., Emerick, g., & Carvajal, S. C. (2024, 2024-3-16). Proyecto Juntos Qualitative Research Workshop Series.
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  Series of workshops to build community health workers on qualitative data collection methods, analysis, and interpretation. Sessions included: River of Life, Digital Stories and storytelling, qualitative analysis, data interpretation and prioritization and SWOT analysis.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J., Kennedy, L., Moreno, F., Carvajal, S. C., Hernandez, M., Aguirre, A., & Derksen, D. J. (2022, september). Daniel Dawes Book Signing, Presentation on the Political Determinants of Health.
• Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2016, Sept). 48 bikes arrived in Ajo in Healthy Partnership and Cyclists to learn bike safety in free classes. Ajo Copper News.
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  The local paper included two articles on the activities occurring in Ajo due to our Bike Ajo grant. The article includes a mention of the collaborating partners.
• Wilkinson-Lee, A. M., & Moore-Monroy, M. J. (2016, Sept). UA collaborates to bring bikes to Ajo. UA Daily Wildcat.
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  I was interviewed by Ava Garcia, Daily Wildcat reporter, about our Bike Ajo grant and the activities we currently working on in Ajo, AZ. The full article can be found at: http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2016/09/n-ua-collaborates-to-bring-bikes-to-ajo