Tanana Chiefs Conference Isaac health Center and the alaska Native Medical The Women, Infants, and ChildrenNutrition Program (WIC) provides in pursuing careers in health services. http://www.tananachiefs.org/health/
Extractions: HOME The Department of Health Services The Department of Health Services was established in 1973 and has expanded to be the major provider of health care services for over 10,000 Alaska Natives living in Fairbanks and in the villages of Interior Alaska. About two-thirds of the funding and employees of TCC are devoted to the provision of health services. Funding for health care services is provided primarily by the Alaska Area Native Health Services, a division of the Indian Health Services, through a PL93-638 Indian Self Determination contract estimated at $16 million in fiscal year 1992. Supplemental funding for health services is provided by the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services through grants totaling about $1.5 million. Specific programs managed by the Department of Health Services are outlined below: Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC), located adjacent to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, is the major Alaska Native health care facility for the region. Management responsibility of the health center was transferred from the Indian Health Service to TCC in September 1984.
Extractions: Select Your City Anaktuvak Pass Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cape Newenham Cordova Denali Park Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Galena Gustavus Haines Homer Juneau Kenai Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nenana Noon Paxson Petersburg Point Hope Port Alexander Pribilof Islands Seattle Sitka Skagway Soldotna St. Lawrence Island Talkeetna Unalakteet Valdez Wrangell Yakutat Unhealthy foods support healthy sports at JDHS Changing the school menu alone will not solve the problems of childhood obesity and poor eating choices. It will take the entire community working together to help children create a healthy lifestyle. A healthy school nutrition environment means changes in school menu choices, accommodating classroom schedules and accessing a variety of funding sources for targeted health related activities. A healthy school environment means the school does not try to make a profit selling students "sometimes foods" on a daily basis.
Tribal College Journal over the past 30 years, and the nutritional transition leading future directionsto improve the health of American Indian and alaska Native children http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/themag/backissues/fall99/fall99resource.html
Extractions: Enter keyword: There are growing concerns among Native American communities today regarding chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes and their causes. Research indicates that changing lifestyles have led to an increase in heart disease and type 2 diabetes in Indian people. Many advocate returning to a traditional diet and increasing exercise to live a healthier life. Although there are many resources about nutrition and chronic disease available, few are Native American specific. Some of the nutrition resources in this guide are specific to particular tribes or regions, but they can be applied to other indigenous people. Not all resources could be listed due to space limitations, but this guide will lead to many useful links and additional resources for information. Indian Health Service Diabetes Program The mission of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Diabetes Program is to develop, document, and sustain a public health effort to prevent and control diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The website has hyperlinks to U.S. IHS Diabetes Programs, a bibliography of publications from 1986-1999, and an excellent IHS catalog of diabetes education materials which includes videotapes, slide/audio tape modules, and books on diabetes and nutrition. For further information contact IHS-HQ, Diabetes Program, 5300 Homestead Road, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. Phone (505) 248-4182; Fax (505) 248-4188. E-mail Lorraine Valdez at
Final Program Listing Poster Session American Indian, alaska Native, Native 3019.0, Nutritional EpidemiologySum Effects (). 3037.0, Innovative and responsive health promotion and http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/program_7.htm
Extractions: NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are cosponsored by Food and Nutrition. 12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon Poster Session: American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Caucus Diabetes, Hepatitis B, and TB among Asian Pacific Islanders Grassroots Nutrition Efforts: What's Working in Communities Nutritional Epidemiology: Sum Effects Innovative and responsive health promotion and education programs at the community level Adolescent Behavior: Healthy Choices or Risky Attitudes? Successful community health promotion and improvement models Poster session I: Tailoring health communication to specific audiences Conquering Diabetes: The National Diabetes Education Program 2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon Issues in Chronic Disease Management in Native Populations Project REACH: Building Community Capacity through Public-Private Partnerships The dollars and cents of CHW programs Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations It Takes a Community to Feed a Family - From Federal to Grassroots Chronic disease intervention research Race/ethnicity and the Year 2000 census: implications for public health data (part 1) Healthy People 2000: Y2K is Here - How Did We Do?
Extractions: May 2001 Issue No. 71 By Patti Mitchell The WIC Program can play an important role in preventing oral health problems in women, infants, and children through its education and referral programs. The identification of oral health problems is part of the nutrition risk assessment used by local agency WIC staff to establish eligibility for participation in the Program. Depending on local priorities, WIC local agencies may provide nutrition counseling as well as classes to parents and guardians of infants and children on proper care of the gums and teeth at home and feeding practices that reduce the risk of developing nursing bottle caries and other tooth decay. Many WIC local agencies have improved the links between participants and the local oral health community through referral and networking. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which administers the WIC Program, and WIC state and local agency staff participated in the Head Start and Partners Oral Health Forum held September 1999. Several follow-up activities are planned to disseminate information regarding the Forum and the recommendations made in the scientific papers. For example, a working group of representatives from FNS regional offices and WIC state and local agencies around the country has been formed to provide guidance in developing materials for parents and WIC staff. These materials will be based on recommendations from the Head Start and Partners Oral Health Forum and the scientific papers on nutrition and oral health.
Alaska SeaLife Center - Research Center at the University of alaska Fairbanks, the several major projects examiningnutritional demands, fishery issues, and overall health of Steller http://www.alaskasealife.org/site/research/science_programs
Extractions: For the last three decades, Steller sea lion populations have been experiencing a severe and continuous decline. Many theories have been proposed for why the decline has occurred such as reduced food quality or abundance, increased predation, natural environmental fluctuations in their population, disease, or contamination, said Dr. Shannon Atkinson, ASLC Science Director. Undertaking one of the largest and most comprehensive captive and field-based sea lion research programs ever attempted, scientists from around the country are pursuing answers by conducting research as part of the Alaska SeaLife Centers Steller sea lion program. To further elucidate the relationship between Steller sea lions and their prey, the ASLC hosted the Is It Food II conference in May to discuss factors contributing to the decline of the Western Steller sea lion population. Complementing the conference discussion, researchers in the Steller sea lion program are developing hydroacoustic equipment to assess the amount of prey stocks available in the Northwestern Gulf of Alaska. In addition, ASLCs captive Steller sea lions are participating in projects to assess the physiological effects of different feeding regimes, the energetics involved in foraging dives, and the thermoregulatory costs of swimming.
Sound Partners - Partnership Profiles APRN partnered with the Women, Infant, and Children s (WIC) nutrition program, theAlaska Native health Board, and Chugachmuit, a regional Native corporation http://www.soundpartners.org/directory1987/directory_show.htm?doc_id=23532
Take Heart Alaska Cholesterol. National Cholesterol Education Program. Obesity. Food andNutrition Information Center. Diabetes. General health Promotion. alaska. http://partners.hss.state.ak.us/takeheart/Links.htm
Extractions: Cardiovascular disease risk factors Physical Activity Policy and Environmental Approaches to Physical Activity Nutrition Tobacco High Blood Pressure Cholesterol Obesity Diabetes American Diabetes Association American Association of Diabetes Educators National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
The Section Of Epidemiology, Environmental Health the safety of subsistence foods in alaska. energy, and other important nutritionalcomponents such as The environmental health program is carefully considering http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/eh/default.stm
Extractions: The environmental health program seeks to evaluate the possible hazards to human health associated with the presence of hazardous substances in the environment. Epidemiological studies and toxicological risk assessments are used to examine the degree of human exposure to hazardous substances and subsequent hazards to human health from emergency release events, hazardous waste disposal, global transport to the arctic, or other sources. This information is used to develop intervention strategies to reduce or eliminate exposures of human health concern in order to promote the health and welfare of the residents and visitors of Alaska. The program also strives to foster two-way communication in order to address community concerns, incorporate community knowledge in the decision-making process, and provide information about the health risks associated with hazardous substances and the basis behind risk management decisions. Activities: Response to hazardous substance emergency events Disease reporting regulations require the reporting by licensed health care providers of diseases known or suspected to be a result of a worker's occupation, and outbreaks or unusual incidences of disease that are known or suspected to be related to exposure to environmental toxic or hazardous materials. To report illness due to a hazardous substance release emergency or due to exposure to environmental toxic or hazardous materials, please call 1-800-478-0084.
The State Of Alaska The official website of the State of alaska. http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph
