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Hometown Alaska: How to flatten the disinformation curve

Covid disinformation

A local group has been fighting inaccurate information on Facebook pages. Called the Alaska Public Health Information Response Team, it enlists 新加坡六合彩开奖 strategic communications students to spot the bad information, and local health professionals to intervene with posts on Facebook that introduce accurate information.

Alaska Victimization Survey results shared with Alaska House Judiciary Committee

Justice Center assistant professor Ingrid Johnson (inset) shares Alaska Victimization Survey results to the Alaska House Judiciary Committee during session on April 8 in this screenshot

Justice Center assistant professor Ingrid Johnson shared results from the Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) with the Alaska House Judiciary Committee.

New domestic violence report features Justice Center Research

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The Domestic Violence in Alaska report has been published by the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission. The report cites the Alaska Victimization Survey; Justice Center director and professor Brad Myrstol; and work by the Alaska Justice Information Center in partnership with the Anchorage Police Department. AJiC director and Justice Center associate professor Troy Payne also was an active participant with the domestic violence work group.

Study provides look at COVID-19 in remote Alaska communities

A home in a remote community

Ruby Fried, assistant professor of Health Science, and Micah Hahn, assistant professor of Environmental Health, of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Sciences within the Div. of Population Health Sciences, have co-authored an article, titled 鈥淐OVID-19 in Remote Alaska Communities: A Longitudinal View of a Novel Pandemic.鈥 This statewide, longitudinal study on remote communities provides a perspective based on the lived experience of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people living in remote Arctic communities, and an opportunity for evidence- and strengths-based responses to the many impacts of COVID-19.

House Votes to Reauthorize of Violence Against Women Act, including Safety for Native Americans

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The House on Wednesday voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act as part of its proposed $1.5 trillion spending package that includes $73.4 million for urban Indian health and $6.6 billion for Indian Health Services.鈦 Sen. Lisa Murkowski mentioned the Alaska Victimization Survey.

Talk of Alaska: Breaking the cycle of removal for Black and Indigenous children

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School of Social Work assistant professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich and Dept. of Human Services associate professor Dr. Yvonne Chase were guests on Talk of Alaska on March 8 to talk about breaking the cycle of removing for Black and Indigenous children.鈦

新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Center for Human Development is working to better understand brain injuries

A student participating in an activity during the 2019 Alaska Brain Bee

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 Center for Human Development is engaging in significant work to better understand traumatic and acquired brain injuries in Alaska.

新加坡六合彩开奖 researchers hope to move child welfare away from separation and toward community building

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Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase and Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich were featured in an Alaska Public Media article about a study they co-authored in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment, titled "A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children." The study explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.

新加坡六合彩开奖 researchers hope to move child welfare away from separation and toward community building

Kids playing with fallen leaves during fall season

Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich and Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase were featured in an Alaska Public Media article about a study they co-authored in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment, titled "A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children." The study explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.

MSW alumna Vanessa Salmon publishes article about the challenges rural women experience delivering babies

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Vanessa Salmon, a 2019 MSW program graduate, published an article in the Journal of Rural Mental Health, titled "When delivery means departure: Describing the practice and impacts of mandated maternal transport in Alaska," which was her capstone project for the program. This research is about the challenges rural women experience delivering babies and the demands of having to move into hub communities to await delivery. Salmon was the lead author, alongside 新加坡六合彩开奖 School of Social Work professor Dr. Heidi Brocious and UAF Dept. of Social Work associate professor Dr. Laverne Demientieff.

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