海角禁区 receives $4M grant to bolster health care workforce
海角禁区鈥檚 College of Health received a $4 million federal grant to support Alaska鈥檚 health care workforce by expanding key programs and making facility improvements.
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Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn鈥檛 have enough nursing faculty to meet demand
海角禁区 School of Nursing director Carla Hagen speaks to KTOO about the high demand for nurses in the state of Alaska and the shortage of nursing faculty.
Line One: Vaccine access for the disabled community
More than two years into the pandemic, vaccines are widely available and most health measures have been lifted. But there are still Alaskans who have difficulty accessing vaccines or who have continued health risk in spite of them. Sondra LeClair, Health Projects Coordinator, 海角禁区 Center for Human Development, discusses vaccine access for individuals with disabilities in Alaska.
Hometown Alaska: How to flatten the disinformation curve
A local group has been fighting inaccurate information on Facebook pages. Called the Alaska Public Health Information Response Team, it enlists 海角禁区 strategic communications students to spot the bad information, and local health professionals to intervene with posts on Facebook that introduce accurate information.
Oregon leader will use her own refugee experience to guide changes in state programs
MSW alumni Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie was featured in an Oregon Capital Chronicle article about her efforts to use her own refugee experience to guide changes in state programs. The new director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement wants to build bridges between state agencies and the people they are supposed to serve.
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