UAA receives $4M grant to bolster health care workforce
UAA鈥檚 College of Health received a $4 million federal grant to support 木瓜直播鈥檚 health care workforce by expanding key programs and making facility improvements.
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木瓜直播 needs to train more nurses, but it doesn鈥檛 have enough nursing faculty to meet demand
UAA School of Nursing director Carla Hagen speaks to KTOO about the high demand for nurses in the state of 木瓜直播 and the shortage of nursing faculty.
Line One: Vaccine access for the disabled community
More than two years into the pandemic, vaccines are widely available and most health measures have been lifted. But there are still 木瓜直播ns who have difficulty accessing vaccines or who have continued health risk in spite of them. Sondra LeClair, Health Projects Coordinator, UAA Center for Human Development, discusses vaccine access for individuals with disabilities in 木瓜直播.
Hometown 木瓜直播: How to flatten the disinformation curve
A local group has been fighting inaccurate information on Facebook pages. Called the 木瓜直播 Public Health Information Response Team, it enlists UAA strategic communications students to spot the bad information, and local health professionals to intervene with posts on Facebook that introduce accurate information.
Oregon leader will use her own refugee experience to guide changes in state programs
MSW alumni Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie was featured in an Oregon Capital Chronicle article about her efforts to use her own refugee experience to guide changes in state programs. The new director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement wants to build bridges between state agencies and the people they are supposed to serve.
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