College of Health News

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Hidden Homelessness

 |  Rachel Musselwhite for True North Magazine  |  , , , ,

The UAA Hunger and Homelessness Support Network (HHSN) was created to identify and combat housing insecurities that students face. UAA Alumni and current Academic Advisor Jennifer Spencer is one of the three people serving as HHSN Chair. She explains how she uses her personal experiences with homelessness to help find solutions for students.

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Bridging Community Connections Through Healthcare Education and Training

 |  Sarah Rasmussen-Rehkopf  |  , ,

ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ AHEC Scholar's article about improving ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ's communities through healthcare.

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ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ's AHEC: Healthcare Exploration in Nulato

 |  Jessica Degnan  |  ,

ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) are dedicated to providing engaging curriculum and activities for students interested in healthcare. Middle and high school students from Nulato, AK participated in activities focusing on the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, and basic emergency first aid.

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Healthy Aging Lab students present research at national conference

 |  Rachel Musselwhite  |  , ,

Student research assistants taught a 15-week course on healthy living to older adults in the community. Three of those students recently presented at the Gerontological Society of America conference and shared results from a Health Aging Lab project that received funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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Improving care through simulation

 |  Michelle Saport  |  , ,

Students in fall's EMT 130 — Emergency Medical Technician I burnished their clinical and decision-making skills in a trio of rapid-fire trauma simulations, thanks to a first-time partnership between the Fire and Emergency Services program and the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.