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Cueva Provides Evaluation Findings From Online Cancer Education Course

ISER researcher and Alaska Public Health Association board member Katie Cueva shared evaluation findings (PDF, 513KB) from cancer education work with Alaska's Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHAPS) at the 2019 Alaska Health Summit in Anchorage, January 22-24. In the session, "The Relationship between Body Weight and Cancer Risk in Alaska," Dr. Cueva discussed how "learners'" end-of-module surveys in a CHAPS cancer education online program indicated that participating in an online cancer education module on physical activity, nutrition, and cancer, helped "learners" feel more comfortable talking about cancer in their communities, helped "learners" to talk about cancer more often with their patients, and supported "learners" to plan to reduce their own cancer risk by things like moving more and eating healthier. CHAPS is part of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
  • 05 Feb 2019

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CBHRS researchers discuss healthy aging, Naloxone, and promoting alcohol-free pregnancies at Health Summit

Safe and healthy aging for LGBT elders, personal experiences of Naloxone users, and how national women's health nursing and midwifery organizations are promoting alcohol-free pregnancies will be among research shared  by ISER's Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS) at the 2019 Health Summit in Anchorage, January 22-24. 

CBHRS researchers will participate in the following: 

  • 17 Jan 2019

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Promoting healthy pregnancies: Improving SBIRT in Hawaii

Becky Porter and Bridget Hanson, researchers at ISER’s Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS), collected information from providers of prenatal care in Hawaii on the challenges of delivering SBIRT, an evidenced-based practice to identify patients who misuse alcohol and help them reduce their drinking. The practice can both help prevent alcohol use during pregnancy and prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
  • 12 Dec 2018

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Passini shares work at largest annual gathering of public health professionals

Jessica Passini, ISER researcher, shared work being done at ISER and its Center for Behavioral Health Research at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. Passini presented a poster developed with co-authors Rosyland Frasier and Diane King, on how health care practitioners’ use of data in Electronic Health Records is important to the successful implementation of SBIRT - an evidence-based practice to identify patients who misuse alcohol and help them reduce their drinking.
  • 30 Nov 2018

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Research Matters No. 115 - Trends in Alaska’s Health-Care Spending

All Americans spend a lot to get health care—but Alaskans spend the most per resident, face the highest insurance premiums, and have seen overall spending grow much faster. Jessica Passini, Rosyland Frazier, and Mouhcine Guettabi of ISER have compiled a chart book of  publically available information on health-care spending in Alaska and nationwide since the 1990s and highlight some trends in a new publication, “Trends in Alaska’s Health-Care Spending.”The chart book, available online, synthesizes a wide range of data and present it as an objective, easy-to-use resource.  The authors hope this broad information on trends in health-care spending will help Alaskans better understand what happened, consider possible reasons why, and think about potential ways to change the upward spiral.
  • 27 Sep 2018

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Lunchtime Talk: What Happens if Sugary Drinks are Taxed in Alaska?

Staff from the State of Alaska Section of Chronic Disease Prevention will present the results of a simulation model of a $0.03-per-ounce- state excise tax on sugary drinks in Alaska. The simulation was conducted by the Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study (CHOICES) research team from the Harvard School of Public Health using Alaska BRFSS data and sugary drink prices.

When: Wednesday, September 26, 12 to 1
Where: ISER Conference Room, Third Floor, 1901 Bragaw Street, Suite 301

Note: This talk will not be live streamed or recorded.

  • 20 Sep 2018

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How Do Alaskans Cover Their Medical Bills?

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been at the top of the news lately, with Congress considering but then dropping proposed changes. Congress will try again to change the ACA—but it’s uncertain how or when. A new overview by Linda Leask, Rosyland Frazier, and Jessica Passini of ISER brings together information from many sources to describe health-care coverage Alaskans have now, and how ACA provisions have changed that coverage.

The Harold E. Pomeroy Public Policy Endowment supported their research. Download the summary, How Do Alaskans Cover Their Medical Bills? (PDF, 663.8KB)

If you have questions, call Linda Leask, ISER's editor, at 907-786-5425.

  • 25 Apr 2017
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