Addressing the Health Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks about the importance of addressing the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Read the Secretary’s Statement on National Native American Heritage Month: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2013pres/11/20131104a.html.

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Alaska Pharmacist Shares Her Story as a Health Care Provider

Alaska pharmacist Robin Lane Cooke shares her story of pharmacists providing patient care. Pharmacists are health care providers, but they are not recognized as such under federal law. Provider status legislation would recognize pharmacists as health care providers, so patients will have improved access to pharmacists’ services. To learn more, visit the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) at http://pharmacistsprovidecare.com

A Healthcare Alert for Alaska

What did Mark Begich’s vote on Obamacare get Alaskans? Higher healthcare costs, fewer options and dropped plans. Even though families across America have been harmed by Obamacare, Begich has no regrets on his decision. This November, we must defeat Obamacare and Mark Begich!

Health North Family Medicine – Alaska Weight Loss Institute

Ready to lose weight? Without starving? Alaska Weight Loss Institute, affiliated with Health North Family Medicine in Sterling, Alaska, offers the HCG weight loss plan, proven to help followers lose up to a pound a day, every day, without expensive supplements, extreme exercise routines, undergoing surgery or feeling fatigued or hungry. Lose weight, gain energy, stay healthy. Location in Anchorage also.
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Village Health Aides Provide Medical Care to Rural Alaska

In over 180 villages in Alaska, healthcare comes in the form of Community Health Aides.

Disparities of Health in the Alaska Native Population

Successful Future | Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

Meet Ramey Wood, a survivor of traumatic brain injury who is a successful independent business owner. Ramey demonstrates that Trust beneficiaries can, and do, succeed in the workforce.

Alaska Edition | Mental Health Around the State

HERO 2015 – Alaska Prepardness Drill – Homer, Alaska (HERO – Health Emergency Response Operations)

South Peninsula Hospital was the site of an emergency disaster preparedness drill on March 19, 20 and 21 in Homer. The scenario,a disaster which caused increased patient surge and a damaged facility. The three-day event exercised the hospital’s emergency management plan, evacuation plan, and employee/community readiness. The exercise included a mass casualty, mass fatality, partial evacuation, and the creation of an alternate care site. Many were involved. (This excerpt was copied and modified from the SPH website)

http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Emergency/Pages/prepared/default.aspx

Alaska DHSS/DPH Health Emergency Response Operations (HERO).

Health Matters: Insurance Coverage for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Health care matters to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Members of federally recognized tribes can enroll anytime for insurance, Medicaid, and CHIP. Marketplace coverage can be free or low-cost and protects people from being overwhelmed by costly hospital stays and out-of-pocket costs. A Native comic, actor, track and field star, bull rider, jingle dress dancer, storyteller, and singer-songwriter describe why health coverage is important to them when it comes to family, injury, women’s health, diabetes care, and prescription coverage.
The video features:
• Tlingit/Cherokee storyteller Gene Tagaban
• Colville/Salish-Kootenai/Cherokee actor Kim Guerrero
• Northern Cheyenne/Blackfeet champion bull rider Dakota Louis
• Nez Perce musician Julia Keefe
• Menominee/Seminole stand-up comic Mitch Factor
• Cherokee runner Jamie Loy
• Umatilla champion jingle dress dancer Acosia Red Elk

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