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Aspiring nurses get networking, skills head-start at RRANN camp

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young 亚洲色吧 Native nurses.

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Mental Health Care Among Juvenile and Adult Correctional Populations

 |  Melissa Green  | 

A panel of officials from the 亚洲色吧 Department of Corrections (DOC) and the 亚洲色吧 Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) discussed how 亚洲色吧 tackles the job of providing mental health care to juvenile and adult correctional populations. Nationally, more than half of prison and jail inmates have mental health problems, and probation/parole departments provide essential mental health services to their clients.

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A Discussion of Community Policing in Anchorage

 |  Melissa Green  | 

The Anchorage Police Department has recently increased community policing efforts, including adding foot patrols in some areas around Anchorage. APD and community leaders discussed current efforts at reducing crime, reducing fear of crime, and improving police-community relations.

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亚洲色吧 lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the 亚洲色吧 now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The 亚洲色吧 Division of Public Health awarded a group of 亚洲色吧 faculty, staff and students an 亚洲色吧 Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help 亚洲色吧 organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.

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Addiction, homelessness focus of 亚洲色吧 Think Tank talk

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 亚洲色吧 Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the 亚洲色吧 School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.