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From Opioids to COVID to Sex Ed: How Public Health Education Impacts Anchorage

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ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ and Division of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) alumna Jordan Kamer (BS, Health Sciences, ‘17) has a pretty important job. As a public health educator with the Municipality of Anchorage Health Department, she is responsible for providing community education and guidance on public health—everything from COVID-19, to naloxone, to age-appropriate sex education.

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ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Dental Clinic provides free dental care to children

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Dental hygiene students give back to the community by providing free dental care to children during the 2nd annual Children’s Day event.

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6 COH graduate students accepted to Project BLENDS

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Project BLENDS is pleased to announce that it has accepted six College of Health graduate students for the 2022-2023 school year.

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Alaska Public Health Information Response Team publishes chapter on misinformation

Founding members of the Alaska Public Health Information Response Team submitted a book chapter proposal, entitled "Addressing Health Misinformation in the Infodemic Era: The Alaska Public Health Information Response Team," in the early spring of 2021 for consideration in a forthcoming book, "Building Health Misinformation Immunity: A Professional's Guide to Helping the Public," which was recently published.

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Slideshow: Medical assisting students learn EMT skills

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Medical assisting students learn EMT skills from ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼'s Fire and Emergency Services program director during Medical Assistants Recognition Week.