Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce
The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW) is committed to strengthening and diversifying Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s health workforce, especially in rural communities and underserved populations. The Center is composed of a variety of programs, most notably the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) which is composed of six regional community based centers throughout the state. As part of the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's role as the state's health campus, the Center supports health program planning, community partnership, diversity, inclusion and intercampus collaboration. The Center provides the framework of statewide community partnerships to support the full pipeline of health workforce development from career exploration to health program training to continuing education.
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NEWS & Stories
UAA Justice Center Professor, Sharon Chamard provides expertise on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), emphasizing the importance of design elements like natural surveillance, access control, and maintenance in creating safer communities.
UAA’s Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center researcher, Rus’sel Sampson is quoted in an Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Beacon article about merit-based Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Performance Scholarships.
The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Victimization Survey (AVS) released a new report about the health of women who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Physical violence is a part of IPV, but it also includes things like controlling behaviors, threats of harm, and inflicting harm against people and things an intimate partner cares about. Dr. Ingrid Johnson with AVS told the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Beacon these sorts of behaviors can have a lasting impact.
This year's annual Crime in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ report was recently released. Brad Myrstol, Justice Center Professor and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center Director, discussed the data compiled from police agencies across the state with Anchorage Daily News.
UAA Justice Center Professor and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center Director, Brad Myrstol, spoke with KNBA about the disproportionally high number of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native and American Indian inmates in the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn and U.S. prison system.
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Fax: (907) 786-6573
Email: uaa_ahec@alaska.edu
UAA Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce
1901 Bragaw Street, Suite 250
Anchorage, AK 99508
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UAA Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce
3211 Providence Drive, BOC3-250
Anchorage, AK 99508
