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With about 1,000 pounds of dental equipment, a Dental Health Aide Therapist awaits a ride after traveling to Point Hope by airplane.
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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) provides statewide services in: specialty medical care; construction of water and sanitation and health facilities; community health and research; information technology; and professional recruiting. We are committed to providing the highest quality services possible for our people -- for our patients, affiliated tribal health organizations, and local communities. Please feel free to browse our Web site for more information about our award-winning services. |
Community Health Aide Program
http://www.akchap.org/SFinfo409.cfm
What you can do to stay healthy (PDF document)
15th Annual Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management,
November 16-20, 2009
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Statewide Conference, November 2-3, 2009
ANMC has been awarded the prestigious Magnet Status© designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANMC remains the first and only Alaska hospital to achieve Magnet Status. Only 5 percent of all U.S. hospitals receive Magnet Status, and even fewer are designated a second time. Click here for more information.
Want to see the beautiful Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium campus? Or just interested in the view in picturesque Anchorage, Alaska? Visit our web camera page.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1 million to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium as part of one of 12 grants offered nationwide for the study of Hepatitis B. ANTHC will pool its resources with 10 other groups in Canada and the United States to complete the work.
Click here for more information about the project.
To order copies of the Traditional Food Guide for Alaska Native Cancer Survivors, click here.
Click here to find out how you can help boost health services for Alaska Natives.
Click here or the image above to view a short presentation on the benefits of Dental Health Aides to Alaskans. Click here for a low-res version.
In December 2008, the nation's first dental health aide training center - DENTEX - graduated its first Dental Health Aide Therapists. For more information about DENTEX, click here. For additional information about Dental Health Aide Therapists, click here.
The U.S. Public Health Service Web site also includes information such as the need for the program, its history, and the rigorous Dental Health Aide Therapist training and certification process. Click http://www.phs-dental.org/depac/newfile50.html .
Please take just a few minutes to fill out a survey we will use to improve this website so it is more useful to you. Thank you. http://www.anthc.org/abt/News/custsurvey.cfm
Click here to see the January-March 2009 issue of the Mukluk Telegraph, with articles about:
- ANMC achieves Magnet Status again!
- Tribal organizations boost suicide prevention
- ANTHC holds annual meeting
- ANMC first in Alaska to offer cochlear implants for deaf
- Board picks Andy Teuber of Kodiak as new Chairman/President
- Dental Health Aide Therapists update
Click here to find out about a groundbreaking study that shows respiratory disease is associated with inadequate water service.