Take Heart Alaska National. Food and nutrition Information Center. alaska. Diabetes Click here to view our highlighted cardiovascular health programs from around the http://partners.hss.state.ak.us/takeheart/Links.htm
Programs And Services American Indianalaska Native Program Branch American Indian-alaska Native health check-ups and good practices in oral health, hygiene, nutrition, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/programs/
Extractions: Special Projects ... Early Head Start (EHS) has a triple mission. It promotes healthy prenatal outcomes, enhances the development of infants and toddlers, and promotes healthy family functioning. Head Start is designed to foster healthy development in low-income children. Program grantees and delegate agencies deliver a range of services, responsive and appropriate to each child's and each family's heritage and experience, that encompass all aspects of a child's development and learning. Migrant and Seasonal Program Branch provides consistent and high quality services in support of healthy child development across the nation. American Indian-Alaska Native Program Branch American Indian-Alaska Native Program Branch (AI-ANPB) provides American Indian and Alaska Native children and families nationally with comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, socialization and other developmental services promoting school readiness. These services are directed primarily toward economically disadvantaged preschool children (ages 3 to 5) and infants and toddlers (birth through age 3).
Alaska-OCS, WIC Program alaska Department of health and Social Services. Office of Children s Services Family nutrition Services WIC Women, Infants Children Program http://www.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/nutri/wic/
Alaska-OCS, WIC Program alaska Department of health and Social Services. WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children program, is a nutrition program that helps pregnant women, http://www.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/nutri/wic/about/default.htm
Extractions: State of Alaska WIC Program Directory ... Public Health Nurses Public Health Nurses are available to provide assistance with feeding issues for premature infants. They are an excellent resource especially in rural Alaska. For local information go to the AK Info Network ( www.ak.org ) and search under health - public, by district. MCH Nutrition Consultants Name Address Phone MCH Nutrition Coordinator Nutrition Services
Extractions: Advanced Search by HOME ABOUT I H S SITE MAP HELP ... Info access , public health professionals Bright Futures : health supervision PACER Center: material for parents Maternal child health material Sex ed materials for parents SIDS material A.D.H.D. resource pamphlets TIPP sheets for injury prevention Identifying fetal alcohol exposure Racial, ethnic disparities in health care Toxicity : indoor molds State health insurance enrollment rates Info access for public health professionals Action: racial, ethnic disparities Infant homicide risk I.H.S.
Stone Soup Group's On-line Resource Guide -- Health & Nutrition Some children with special health care needs benefit from programs and professionals who help with nutrition and dietary needs. In the Medical Home model of http://www.stonesoupgroup.org/hlth&nut.htm
Extractions: If your child has special health care needs, then chances are you will become very familiar with the health care system in Alaska as well as providers that can assist you in caring for your child. We have a wide menu of health resources that exist in our state and it continues to grow. Your child's health care provider might be a Pediatrician, Family Practitioner, Public Health Nurse, or Community Health Aide. Some children with special health care needs benefit from programs and professionals who help with nutrition and dietary needs. In the Medical Home model of health care, the parent also remains responsible for sharing information and for seeing to it that the primary health provider is informed on all aspects of their child's care. Quick Jump to: Medical Home Public Health WIC LIFE Prgram ... Home Health THE MEDICAL HOME The Medical Home is where a child and his or her family can count on receiving the medical care they need from a health care professional they trust. It is not a building, house or hospital but rather an approach to providing quality and coordinated services. Primary health care providers and parents work as partners to identify and access all of the medical and non-medical services needed to help children with special health care needs achieve their potential. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau agree that Medical Homes consist of the following:
State 5 A Day Coordinators Section of Maternal, Child and Family health alaska Dept. of health and Chief, nutrition Cancer Prevention Program California Dept of health Services http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/5aday/STATCOR.HTML
Nutrition She has experience in nutrition education, wellness programs, in related nutrition and health education, assist local health programs in the planning, http://www.crihb.org/FCHS/nutrition.htm
Extractions: The California Rural Indian Health Board's Department of Family and Community Health Services provides nutrition services and activities for health professionals and paraprofessionals working in Indian-controlled health programs. Stacey Kennedy, MS, RD, is our Public Health Nutritionist. She has experience in nutrition education, wellness programs, diabetes programming, grants management, and has worked successfully on numerous projects at CRIHB. She has a positive working relationship with several California tribes. The CRIHB nutritionist is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating a community nutrition intervention program to reduce the risk chronic disease in California Indian Communities. The services provided by CRIHB include: nutrition and diabetes programming, nutrition education services, technical assistance on nutrition and wellness related topics, assisting in the development of nutrition education materials (i.e., videotapes, posters, pamphlets, newsletter, and questionnaires). The nutritionist helps to develop, coordinate and conduct training conferences, participates in related nutrition and health education, assist local health programs in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nutrition programs in the areas of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancer, nutrition through the lifecycle, obesity prevention and native foods. For an article about Native Foods
GovBenefits.gov - Benefits Report alaska Special Supplemental nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) http//health.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/nutri/WIC/Default.htm http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/benefits/report.jhtml?dispatch=state&bid=
Department Of Health Services - WIC Branch - Resources health/nutrition Education Resources. 5 A Day Program (sponsored by the (General health and social service referral site for alaska services ) Hot line http://www.wicworks.ca.gov/resources/relatedLinks.html
Extractions: RELATED SITE LINKS Resources/Related Sites: The following organizations have information on their Web sites that may interest you. WIC does not necessarily endorse these organizations or their Web sites. This is not an all inclusive list. Please follow these instructions: Click on a topic below to jump to the specific section. Click on the Web site address to go to the site that interests you. Associations
Health & Welfare - ExploreNorth specifically targetting children s health, nutrition, cardiac problems and TB. Narcotics Anonymous, alaska Region Program and meeting information, http://www.explorenorth.com/health.html
Alaska Health Programs - Glossary An alaskan Glossary of health programs and their Parent Organizations AkAHECs The alaska health Education Consortium, founded in 1976, is a statewide http://www.distance.uaf.edu/dls/resources/projects/AKhealth_glossary.cfm
Extractions: dqmcodebase = "/dls/script/" Abrv. Parent (s) Organization and Site ACRH UAA CHSW Alaska Center for Rural Health http://www.ichs.uaa.alaska.edu/acrh/ AHA UAA UA Allied Health Alliance AHECs HRSA BHPR Area Health Education Centers http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ahec/ahecdirectory.htm AkAHEC UAA Alaska Area Health Education Center(2001?) http://www.auroraweb.com/ahec/ BioT UAA CHSW UA Bio-Terrorism Workforce Development AkBH Alaska Division of Behavioral Health http://hss.state.ak.us/dbh/ BRINs NCRR NIH Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2001/ncrr-03.htm AkBRIN UAF Alaska BRIN www.alaska.edu/brin BrHP US Dept. HSS US Bureau of Health Professions http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ CAAS UAA CHSW Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies http://www.ichs.uaa.alaska.edu/caas/ CHSW UAA College of Health and Social Welfare http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/chsw/ CORE Committee on Reasearch and Evaluation GEC Geriatric Education Center GPRA Government Performance Results Act of 1993 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra/gplaw2m.html#h1
Health Topics alaska Mercury Biomonitoring Program The level of mercury in human hair can health Topics Popup School health and nutrition, alaska Department of http://www.arctichealth.org/healthtopics3.php?topic_id=54
Governments And Organizations: University / Academic Directory of alaska Student Outreach and Recruitment programs health Science Information Service (HSIS), University of alaska Anchorage http://www.arctichealth.org/academic.php
Extractions: International Tribal U.S. Federal State / City University Other Alaska Center for Rural Health A private, non-profit corporation housed within the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Alaskan Native Knowledge Network A resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) The purpose of CANHR, established through a five-year grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health, is to investigate weight, nutrition, and health in Alaska Natives. Directory of Alaska Student Outreach and Recruitment Programs Prepared in 2004 by Susan Means for Karen Perdue, Associate Vice Provost, Statewide Health Programs, University of Alaska. (890KB pdf) Grants Serving Alaska Native Peoples, 1996-2001. University of Alaska Anchorage Prepared by Eleanor Hadden and Kerry D. Feldman for Chancellor Gorsuch in June 2001. (2.15MB pdf) Health Science Information Service (HSIS), University of Alaska Anchorage
Extractions: This Article Full Text (PDF) Submit a response Alert me when this article is cited ... Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal ... Cited by other online articles Search for citing articles in: American Public Health Association Tara W. Strine, MPH Ali H. Mokdad, PhD Lawrence E. Barker, PhD Amy V. Groom, MPH Rosalyn Singleton, MD Craig S. Wilkins, MPH and Susan Y. Chu, PhD Tara W. Strine, Ali H. Mokdad, Lawrence E. Barker, Amy V. Groom, Craig S. Wilkins, and Susan Y. Chu are with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Amy V. Groom is also with Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, NM. Rosalyn Singleton is with the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage. Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Tara W. Strine, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Koger/Rhodes Bldg, Mail Stop K-66, 3005 Chamblee-Tucker Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341 (e-mail:
AJPH -- Sign In Page Comparing data from IHS surveys and National health and nutrition Examination The alaska Community health Aide Program An Integrative Literature Review http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/95/5/769
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Alaska Science Outreach - Catch & Release The NIHfunded Center for alaska Native health Research (CANHR) investigates weight, nutrition and health issues in alaska Natives. http://www.alaskascienceoutreach.com/index.php/main_pages/catchitem/nih_awards_1
Extractions: Sign up to receive periodic ASO Updates: NIH Awards $19.2 Million for Biomedical Research in Alaska University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska - National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni (zer-HOON-ee) today in Fairbanks announced the award of $19.2 million to the University of Alaska to accelerate and strengthen biomedical research activities throughout the state. A $17.5 million award for the Alaska INBRE program, which stands for IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, is the largest NIH award received by the university in its nearly 100 years of existence. Another $1.75 million grant is continuation funding for the Center for Alaska Native Health Research. The announcement brings the total NIH commitment to fund biomedical research at the University of Alaska to more than $45 million. About AlaskaWriter LLC Request Outreach Request Reprints Contribute a Story
Extractions: AAACN Viewpoint ABNF Journal, The AIDS Treatment News AMAA Journal ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Alaska staff teams up with the U.S. mail to reach rural participants - WIC program Food and Nutrition July, 1987 by Dee Amaden Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Alaska Staff Team Up With The U.S. Mail To Reach Rural Participants Emily Slana lives on the Arctic Circle, 150 miles from the closest store stocking WIC foods. But she and her children still benefit from the nutritious food provided through the WIC program.
Alaska Sign up for the NDC Update for the latest dairy nutrition news, serves as Food and health Program Director for the Washington State Dairy Council and http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/NationalDairyCouncil/Press/Spokespeople/Loca
Extractions: In her previous role as Director of Nutrition Education for the Washington State Dairy Council, Debra authored numerous nutrition education programs and curricula as well as consulted on many others. She has created over 30 printed consumer resources, written articles for various publications including "Forecast Magazine" and has conducted radio and TV interviews on nutrition-related topics such as healthy eating for your heart, nutrition tips for athletes, winning the weight loss battle and how to feed picky eaters. A registered dietitian, Debra French believes strongly in communicating the importance and value of nutrition and an active lifestyle with the public. Throughout her career, she has been a member of various state and national nutrition and education associations, and received the "Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year" award from the Washington State Dietetic Association.
