KANA’s Kodiak Child Advocacy Center became accredited in January 2017 by National Children’s Alliance (NCA), the national association and accrediting body for Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), demonstrating its commitment to providing consistent and evidence-based healing interventions. To ensure that all…
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. KANA has teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry to offer information to help you care for your child’s little teeth. Did you know that tooth decay is one of the top…
KANA Dental Expands Village Care with Increased Provider Visits
KANA’s Dental Department is excited to share a new schedule of services for our village communities. Dr. Holbrook, KANA’s Dental Director, has worked diligently with leadership and staff to assemble a team of Providers, support personnel, and equipment that will…
Tamamta Liitukut “Everyone is Learning” Kodiak Alutiiq Language Project
The Tamamta Liitukut Project Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Grant was awarded to The Sun’aq Tribe for the next 5 years (2016-2021). The project’s mission is to serve young children to experience Alutiiq as a living language and its end…
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Helps Patients With Chronic Pain
When we’re in pain, we want it to go away. Immediately. And that’s understandable. Chronic pain is frustrating and debilitating, the last thing we want to do is pay more attention to our pain. The Mill Bay Health Center is…
Get Smart About Antibiotics
Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections. Many more people die from other conditions…
New DNA Screening Test for Alaskan Newborns Identifies CPT1A Arctic Variant
Every baby born in Alaska undergoes a series of tests just before they leave the hospital to go home. A small blood sample is collected from the baby’s heel and sent to a laboratory for testing that targets about 50…
New Patient Housing Opens at ANMC
ANMC’s Quyana House has provided 54 semi-private rooms adjacent to our hospital for many years. ANTHC also contracts with local hotels to ensure that there is enough housing for everyone who needs it. But that is not enough. In response…
Arctic Care 2017 Set for Kodiak Communities in March/April
A few weeks ago, Arctic Care team members returned to Kodiak to coordinate last remaining logistical details of the upcoming March/April 2017 mission to provide rural health care services in our area. As in years past, the Arctic Care team…
Great American Smokeout: A Quit Story by Jason Opheim
When I was growing up in the mid 80’s, most everyone was smoking. You could smoke in the hospital, on airplanes and smoking in cars and homes was standard. My friends and I tried smoking different plants to see if…