Plus, this Weber State student is committed to better health care for Navajo elders.
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| Weber State student committed to better health care for Navajo elders |
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| There remain members of the Navajo Nation who speak only their ancestral tongue — and, with each decade that passes, there are fewer people inside their own community with whom they can communicate. It’s a crisis that Weber State University radiography student Kendra Ellison is witnessing firsthand. The issue While completing clinical hours at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, Ellison watched when non-English-speaking elders from her tribe arrived at the medical center seeking essential care. Their faces often betrayed apprehension and fear, even during routine procedures such as X-rays and scans. Simple directions from nurses and technicians such as “Can you please lay flat?” or “Can you hold your breath?” often prompted confusion. A possible solution Blending an impulse to serve her community with her newly acquired business start-up skills, Ellison decided to create an app or some other sort of electronic audio glossary language platform that would allow heath care workers without Navajo language skills to better communicate with their elderly non-English-speaking patients. “I shared what I was doing with my professors and they loved it,” she said. Read more about how Ellison is partnering with a Utah company to develop technology to assist health care workers who care for non-English-speaking Navajo patients. More in Utah Medical respite for homeless saves money, lives: Study (Deseret News) Utah man dies while serving as Latter-day Saint mission president in Lyon, France (Deseret News) Local artists aim to inspire 'wonder' in downtown winter-themed installations (KSL) UServeUtah celebrates 30th anniversary, laying groundwork to remain No. 1 in volunteerism (St George News) With more storms in sight, Utah County maintenance crews prepare for string of wet weather (Daily Herald) Golden Spike warmly invites the public to Winter Steam Festival this weekend through Monday (Cache Valley Daily) |
| The BYU Cougars are Alamo Bowl champions. Kalani Sitake’s squad dominated Colorado on Saturday night in San Antonio, earning its 11th win of the season. The 36-14 victory was one of the most memorable postseason victories in program history. Here are two things that stood out from BYU's performance. Special teams: Parker Kingston scored a 64-yard punt return touchdown and had more than 100 yards in punt returns. Will Ferrin beat the single-season record for made field goals with 22. Defense: BYU dominated the game, putting consistent pressure on Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders — he got sacked four times by the BYU defense and was intercepted twice. Here are three stories to read about the game: Analysis: How BYU won the Alamo Bowl Was BYU’s beatdown of Colorado the program’s most dominant bowl performance ever? How social media reacted to BYU’s blowout Alamo Bowl win over Colorado More in Sports Meet Utah Hockey Club defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok, one of the hardest workers in the NHL (Deseret News) Remembering Greg Gumbel’s iconic call of the best moment in Utah Jazz history (Deseret News) Watch highlights from the first game of BYU’s historic 1984 national title season (Deseret News) Will one of Puka Nacua’s NFL rookie records fall this weekend? (Deseret News) |
Health US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in talc products (CNN) Physical therapy is 'the best-kept secret in health care' (The Associated Press) How our siblings shape us (Deseret News) Faith Scott Taylor: A lesson learned from vacuuming the meetinghouse (Church News) Pope to University of Bethlehem: 'Safeguard your precious gift of faith' (Vatican News) Politics New poll finds how Americans really feel about celebrities' political takes, endorsements (Fox News) Musk and Ramaswamy are sparking a debate over the H-1B visa. Here's what to know about the visa (CBS News) The Nation and the World 'Death by 1,000 paper cuts': How 2024 became such a wild year for tornadoes (NBC News) Putin apologises over plane crash, without saying Russia at fault (BBC) Big Lots reaches deal to keep hundreds of US stores open (ABC News) |
🗓️ Events Calendar We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah this month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything! Here are some highlights for events in Utah today: "Shrek the Musical" | Eccles Theater USU women’s basketball vs. Colorado State at home | 2 p.m. |
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