[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

ON ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," WE'LL HEAR FROM PHOENIX'S NEW CITY MANAGER.

ON WORDS LIKE HISPANIC AND LATINO, BUT THE PEOPLE THOSE LABELS APPLY TO HAVE THEIR OWN OPINIONS.

THAT'S ALL AHEAD ON THE NEXT HOUR OF ARIZONA PBS.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME DO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUBSTATION NEAR VAN BUREN AND DYSART ROAD.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY, AND THE SUSPECT ESCAPED BUT WAS LATER CAUGHT.

THE SUSPECT IS IN STABLE CONDITION.

AS FOR DEPUTY RUIZ, THE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER THE ATTACK.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS, MERCK APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR HIS ANTIVIRAL COVID PILL.

MERCK SAID THAT STUDIES SHOW THE PILL LOWERS THE RISK BY 50%.

>>> SOUTHWEST CANCELED MANY FLIGHTS THIS WEEKEND.

SOUTHWEST SAYS THE DISRUPTIONS WERE DUE TO BAD WEATHER IN FLORIDA.

SOUTHWEST SAYS THAT IT EXPECTS FLIGHTS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL THIS WEEK.

>>> AND THIS NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY.

IT CALLS ON THE SAME DAY AS COLUMBUS DAY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE FIRST-EVER PROCLAMATION DECLARING IT NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY.

HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE DAY.

>>> THE CITY OF PHOENIX RECENTLY APPOINTED A NEW CITY MANAGER.

HE IS JEFF BARTON.

HE IS THE CITY'S FIRST BLACK CITY MANAGER.

EARLIER WE SPOKE TO JEFF BARTON ABOUT HIS NEW IMPORTANT ROLE IN CITY LEADERSHIP.

JEFF BARTON CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU HAVE 14,000-PLUS EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S A BIG JOB.

WHY DID YOU WANT THIS JOB?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I GOT MY MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, AND I -- I -- I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I CAN HELP THE CITY PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

>> YOU SAID WE WILL GET BETTER, AND RUN LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN US RUN BEFORE.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> MY JOB WAS ALWAYS TO HELP TROUBLESHOOT DEPARTMENTS THAT NEEDED TO RUN BETTER, AND SO THAT IS MY JOB, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY GOAL IS I'M GOING TO CONTINUE EVERYTHING THAT MY PREDECESSOR HAS BEEN DOING, AND WE'LL ACCELERATE IN AREAS THAT WE HAVEN'T RUN THE BEST.

>> WHAT NEEDS TO IMPROVE?

>> WELL, I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

HE IS A MAN OF CHARISMA AND INTEGRITY.

I THINK ALSO, ED, WAS ALWAYS IN TUNED TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED, AND THOSE ARE AREAS I ALWAYS WANT TO FOCUS ON I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE DOJ, AND WE BECOME A CITY THAT HAS A PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

>> WHAT CAN YOU DO AS CITY MANAGER TO BETTER THE SITUATION?

>> WELL, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED, AND THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, BUT ALSO WE WILL HOLD THEMSELVES AND MYSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY ROLE IS TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

SO AS FAR AS THE DOJ INVESTIGATION IS CONCERNED, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THEY WE COLLABORATE, AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, AND THAT WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST THE TIME, INVEST THE RESOURCES AND IF THERE IS A FUNDING NEED THAT WE INVEST THAT AND MAKE SURE WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY THE WAY THEY DESERVE TO BE SERVED.

>> OKAY.

YOU ARE THE FIRST BLACK CITY MANAGER IN PHOENIX.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> WELL, IT MEANS A LOT.

I'M A HISTORY BUFF.

I'M A DESCENDANT OF FREDERICK DOUGLAS.

I WENT TO MORE HOUSE COLLEGE, AN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE.

BUT AT THEN OF THE DAY, I'M CITY MANAGER FOR ALL RESIDENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR COMMUNITY, AND I GREW UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN PENNSYLVANIA, SO IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAN INSPIRE KIDS THAT EXPERIENCED WHAT I EXPERIENCED GROWING UP.

>> THAT EDUCATION, TALK TO US MORE ABOUT THAT.

.

>> YEAH, THAT IS AN ALL-BLACK, ALL-MALE INSTITUTION IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND THAT'S WHERE I FOUND MYSELF, AND FOUND OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT LOOKED LIKE ME.

WE USED TO SAY WE WERE KIND OF THE HARVARD OF THE SOUTH IF YOU WILL, AND WE HAVE A HISTORICAL LEGACY THAT IS UNMATCHED.

MARTIN LUTHER KING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MOREHOUSE.

SO FOR ME IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

>> SO TO YEARS AGO, THE JEFF BARTON 20 YEARS AGO, DID HE HIMSELF AS CITY MANAGER?

>> HE DID NOT.

I WAS JUST HAVING MY FIRST CHILD AND GETTING MARRIED TO MY WIFE, SO I WAS FOCUSED ON JUST BEING THE BEST HUSBAND AND FATHER I COULD BE.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY I WANTED TO GO.

I KNEW THERE WERE EXPERIENCES AND SERVICES I DIDN'T GET TO ENJOY BECAUSE OF WHERE I LIVED.

>> OKAY.

WE'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO WORK.

THANK YOU AGAIN, JEFF, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> A NEW STUDY FINDS THAT HISPANICS HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF PREVENTABLE CANCERS.

WE LEARNED MORE FROM DR. SUSANNAH COOPER.

DR. COOPER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT ARE INFECTION-RELATED CANCERS?

>> WELL, THE MOST COMMON ONES THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE WITH CARS MONA AND CERVICAL CANCER.

THERE ARE OTHERS RELATED TO THE SAME VIRUS RELATED TO HPV'S, BUT THE MOST COMMON ARE CERT CALL.

>> AND THESE ARE PREVENTABLE?

IS THAT TRUE?

>> WE HAVE VACCINES WHICH CAN ALMOST COMPLETELY PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTICULAR DISEASES.

>> HISPANICS HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF THESE CANCERS.

WHY IS THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK IT IS MULTI-FACTORIAL.

SOME OF IT IS EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MALIGNANCIES, ALSO ACCEPTANCE TO THE VACCINES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER.

>> BUT ACCESS TO THE VACCINES WOULD BE A CONCERN AND ACCESS TO PRESENTTIVE SCREENINGS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

INITIALLY, THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE PREVENTION AND THAT'S WHERE THE VACCINES COME INTO PLAY, BUT ALSO EARLY DETECTION IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCREENING, SO THE MOST SPECIFIC ONE, AGAIN, WOULD BE CERVICAL SCREENING.

WOMEN ABOVE THE AGE OF 21 SHOULD START THEIR SCREENING, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THOSE RESULTS, AND RISK FACTORS, IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

>> WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS TWO TIMES HIGHER RATE OF LIVER AND STOMACH CANCERS, AND DOES THAT RING TRUE TO YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AS YOU MENTIONED, OVERALL RISK OF CANCER IS LOWER.

>> SO HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THIS, DOCTOR?

>> EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER 1 FACTOR, BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] IS IMPORTANT OF COURSE, BUT IF PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AREN'T EDUCATED, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO UTILIZE THE OPTIONS.

START WITH A CONVERSATION WITH PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, AND IMPROVE THE TRUST OF THE MEDICAL FIELD, AND ONCE THERE IS THAT EDUCATION, THAT UNDERSTANDING, THAT TRUST, THE AVAILABILITY OF THE VACCINE IS RELATIVELY EASY.

>> I WOULD IMAGINE HEALTH ADVISEORS WOULD BE A FACTOR AS WELL, TRUE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE RELATE ON OUR OWN EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, SO WE CAN REACH THEM PROPERLY, AND GET THEM TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE INTERVENTIONS AVAILABLE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR FAMILY HEALTH PROVIDER TO UTILIZE THESE PROGRAMS AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.

>> AND PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS WOULD BE A FACTOR TOO, TRUE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MANY MALIGNANCIES DEVELOP IN INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY, SO A HEALTHY DIET, AND A GOOD EXERCISE PROGRAM, HELPS REDUCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY MALIGNANCIES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>>> SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IS A NON-PROFIT FOCUSED ON EARLY-CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND STARTING SAID, THEY ARE HOSTING A BIRTH TO FIVE HELP LINE AWARENESS WEEK.

JAKE ADAMS THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS, JAKE ADAMS.

>> YEAH, WE ARE FOCUSED ON YOUNG KIDS AGE ZERO TO 5.

ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS IS OUR BIRTH TO 5 HELP LINE.

AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY PARENT OR CAREGIVER WHO HAS A CHILD AGE ZERO TO FIVE.

AND WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT POTTY TRAINING.

MY CHILD IS NOT DOING THE SAME THING OTHER CHILDREN THEIR AGE ARE DOING, SO CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS, WE HAVE EXPERTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY REALLY TALK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE HAVING, AND THE SOLUTIONS THEY CAME UP TOGETHER ARE LOGICAL, AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT ISSUES.

>> WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE PEOPLE?

>> WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS TO SELECT FROM, BUT WE REALLY LOOK FOR PEOPLE ARE A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES, EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIALISTS, AND THE EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THE EXPERIENCE WHAT WE REALLY LOOK FOR, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON, AND TRY TO HELP THESE FOLKS.

>> HAVE THINGS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS?

>> A LOT OF THE COMMON QUESTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL.

CHILD-DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS.

I WILL SAY DURING THE COVID TIMES, ARE AROUND WHY MY THREE OR FOUR YEAR OLD ARE NOT IN SCHOOL, AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT IN A WAY THAT IS NOT GOING TO FRIGHTEN THAT CHILD.

AND SOMETIMES HELPING THE PARENT FEEL MORE CONFIDENT.

>> AND LET'S SAY YOU ARE A NEIGHBOR, I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY, BUT, DOT, DOT, DOT -- SHOULD THEY CALL?

>> IF THEY ARE CARING FOR THEIR CHILD, ABSOLUTELY.

OR IF A NEIGHBOR IS COMING OVER SAYING WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?

SO I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS FOR GRAND PARENTS WHEN THEIR KIDS CALL.

SO ANYBODY WHO IS CARING FOR THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN.

>> AND BIRTH TO FIVE, ALL IMPORTANT YEARS.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, WHY ARE YOU CRYING?

SO HAVING SOMEBODY WITH THAT EXPERTISE WITH THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE, AND HELP TO RESPOND TO BEST SUPPORT YOUR CHILD.

>> AND THE NUMBER AGAIN, 877-705-KIDS, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THERE IS AN APP AS WELL, AND YOU CAN EVEN TEXT, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING BABIES NOW ARE YOUNGER THAN I AM, AND THEY LOVE TO TEXT.

>> YES.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND BEST OF LUCK.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU, JAKE.

>> THANKS, TED.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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