Add to ORKGabstract: The 284 residents of the rural community of Cooper Landing, Alaska are subject to many health risks. Cooper Landing is home to a large population of older adults whom suffer from a disproportionate physician to population ratio. Limited rural health care infrastructure and poor physician to population ratios are not conducive to primary health care implementation. Limited access to primary health care is linked to vast health disparities in rural communities like Cooper Landing. Preventive care and healthy lifestyle incentives have been largely overlooked as viable alternatives to primary health care access. In Cooper Landing, implementation of such incentives has proved to be either underutilized or unsuccessful by the private, p...
For more than 40 years, CDC\u2019s Arctic Investigations Program (AIP) has collaborated with the Ala...
The Inupiaq Tribe resides north of the Arctic Circle in northwestern Alaska. The people are characte...
Introduction: Rural populations often experience disparities in health and access to and quality of ...
With by far the lowest population density in the United States, myriad challenges attach to healthca...
Background. For more than 50 years, Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/P...
Rural Alaskans face unique challenges in accessibility. Most villages and cities are not connected t...
Though not native to Alaska, tobacco use is common among Alaska Native people in the Norton Sound re...
Stress and trauma can compromise physical and mental health. Rural Alaska Native communities have vo...
Chronic diseases are prevalent and costly health problems that affect children and adults of all age...
IMPORTANCE: Few comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction programs, particularly those in rural, l...
Objective: Despite the known benefits of integrated primary care and behavioral health services, int...
The article focuses on the need of Cooperative Extension programs for rural communities of Central U...
Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a publi...
Rural populations, particularly women in rural areas, experience significant disparities in health o...
Childhood obesity is a nationwide concern of which rural, urban, and suburban communities must be aw...
For more than 40 years, CDC\u2019s Arctic Investigations Program (AIP) has collaborated with the Ala...
The Inupiaq Tribe resides north of the Arctic Circle in northwestern Alaska. The people are characte...
Introduction: Rural populations often experience disparities in health and access to and quality of ...
With by far the lowest population density in the United States, myriad challenges attach to healthca...
Background. For more than 50 years, Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/P...
Rural Alaskans face unique challenges in accessibility. Most villages and cities are not connected t...
Though not native to Alaska, tobacco use is common among Alaska Native people in the Norton Sound re...
Stress and trauma can compromise physical and mental health. Rural Alaska Native communities have vo...
Chronic diseases are prevalent and costly health problems that affect children and adults of all age...
IMPORTANCE: Few comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction programs, particularly those in rural, l...
Objective: Despite the known benefits of integrated primary care and behavioral health services, int...
The article focuses on the need of Cooperative Extension programs for rural communities of Central U...
Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a publi...
Rural populations, particularly women in rural areas, experience significant disparities in health o...
Childhood obesity is a nationwide concern of which rural, urban, and suburban communities must be aw...
For more than 40 years, CDC\u2019s Arctic Investigations Program (AIP) has collaborated with the Ala...
The Inupiaq Tribe resides north of the Arctic Circle in northwestern Alaska. The people are characte...
Introduction: Rural populations often experience disparities in health and access to and quality of ...