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Alaska
Center for Rural Health (ACRH)
ACRH was created in 1987 by rural health care providers, educators,
and administrators. Their aim was to improve the distribution, supply,
quantity, and efficiency of health care personnel serving rural
Alaskans.
Alaska
Health Careers
This site offers three
ways to view health careers: 1) Match
your preferences to choose a health career in Career Education;
2) Look for the next step to advancement in Career Paths; and 3)
Compare programs within a specialty at Career Preparation.
Arctic
Center, University of Lapland, Finland
The Arctic Centre
"conducts internationally high-level multidisciplinary research,
carries out project services, maintains a Science Center exhibitions.
Information Service and a library also provides education."
Arctic
Council
The Arctic Council "is a high-level intergovernmental forum
that provides a mechanism to address the common concerns and challenges
faced by the Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic."
Arctic Environmental
Data Directory
Supports the information needs of the Arctic Council and the
Arctic Community, and provides an efficient and up-to-date service
for locating and assessing sources of Arctic environment data and
information.
Arctic
Health web site
This web site provides "a central source of information on
diverse aspects of the Arctic environment and the health of Northern
peoples. It provides access to evaluated health information from
hundreds of local, state, national, and international agencies,
as well as from professional societies and universities."
Arctic
Monitoring and Assessment
AMAP "is an international organization established in 1991
to implement components of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
(AEPS). Now a programme group of the Arctic Council, AMAP's current
objective is 'providing reliable and sufficient information on the
status of, and threats to, the Arctic environment, and providing
scientific advice on actions to be taken in order to support Arctic
governments in their efforts to take remedial and preventive actions
relating to contaminants'."
Arctic Studies
Center
The Arctic Studies Center "invites you to explore the history
of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that
matter to northern residents today. Join us as we excavate arctic
sites; support indigenous efforts to preserve cultural heritage;
and work with communities and scholars to share the treasures preserved
in museum collections and archives."
Canadian
Circumpolar Institute
The Canadian Circumpolar Institute "was founded on a 30-year
tradition of excellence in northern research at the University of
Alberta.The centre builds on the continuing involvement of Northernists
and Northerners from around the world in key activities."
Center for
Alaska Native Health Research
CANHR was established through a five-year grant awarded by the National
Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources to
the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Center
for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Established by the Board of Regents in 1972, the Center for
Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) has the mission of addressing
the problem of substance abuse in Alaska through educational, research,
and public service programs.
Centre
for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR)
CRaNHR is an academic and applied research centre with sites at
Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder
Bay, Ontario.
Department
of Health Sciences (UAA)
The Department offers two degree program: the BS
in Health Sciences Physician Assistant Track and the MPH
in Public Health Practice.
International Union
of Circumpolar Health
The IUCH "is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated
in the State of Alaska. Thus the IUCH is a multilateral scientific
union, currently headquartered in the United States, which strives
to contribute to the growing body of scientific medical and public
health research data for the circumpolar regions and globally."
National
Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native & Native
Hawaiian Elders
The Center web site provides information on its goals and objectives,
activities, and communications on Alaska Native communities and
processes to assess the needs of communities and Elders in providing
culture-based Elder care.
Rural
Alaska Health Career Guide
This web site offers pertinent information about pursuing a health
career in Alaska.
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