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UNITY Workshop for Alaska Native Youth - Workshop

8 Dec 2008 - 12:00pm until 10 Dec 2008 - 12:00pm

This training was a gathering of youth from Cook Inlet and Togiak who came together and share stories related to the problem of obesity and other health issues affecting young people in rural Alaska today.   Sponsored by UNITY, these stories will be part of a advocacy campaign to promote understanding and healthy solutions.

Event Types: Workshop
Location: Anchorage | AK
Organization: UNITY | Creative Narrations | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Tags: youth | public health | Alaska Native
Added by jennowicki on March 11, 2009

Understanding Breast Changes: A Radio Show From Alaska's Arctic

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Storyteller: Katherine Briant

This digital story describes a radio show that was planned and implemented in October 2007 to provide information about breast health & breast cancer to Alaska Native women in the North Slope of Alaska.  The radio show also served as a vehicle to promote a November 2007 breast cancer screening clinic.

Topics: Health | Geographic/Regional | Other Media
Tags: radio show | North Slope | mammogram | Breast Cancer | Barrow | Alaska Native
Organization: NCI's Cancer Information Service
Language: English

Reflections on Chemotherapy

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Storyteller: Laura Revels

Chemotherapy was one of the toughest things I have ever done in my life, and not one I would wish upon anyone else.  When I was diagnosed with cancer, I knew cancer treatments was not a walk in the park, but I wanted to know what that walk was like, I wanted to know what it really felt like...

Topics: Health
Tags: Chemotherapy | Cancer | Alaska Native
Language: English
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