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UAA Steps Up to Help Address Need for COVID-19 Contact Tracers

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Contact tracing is important. There are documented cases of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were asymptomatic, which means people may spread the virus without any idea that they have it. Contact tracing can inform individuals who may feel healthy—or who have mild symptoms they attribute to allergies or other causes—of their risk to others, allowing them to get tested or quarantine as appropriate, hopefully reducing the spread of the virus.

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Why forensic nursing is critical for fighting interpersonal violence

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Proper evidence collection and documentation after domestic violence or sexual assault is an important step to help women who have been traumatized. A unique forensic training academy at UAA is teaching nurses how to conduct these exams and is helping grow the network of forensic nurses across the state.

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Surprise: Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ has ticks, and more are on the way

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While Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s skilled hunters may be very aware of ticks on wildlife, news of newly arriving ticks is important to learn. In addition, dog owners and walkers may need to come up to speed. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s warming winters and the broader habitat for ticks in the Lower 48 and Canada may provide a channel for rarer types to get to Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and survive here. Join us to find out how the research is progressing, what the findings reveal, how you can participate, and how UAA faculty and graduate students are supporting the work.

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Mental health literacy and first aid

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Listen to Jilly Ramsey, behavioral health training coordinator at the Center for Human Development, discuss the importance of Mental Health First Aid.

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Dr. Johnson seeks participants for study to improve sexual assault reporting system

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KTVA Channel 11 News in Anchorage and the Anchorage Press reported this week on the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) research study being conducted by Dr. Ingrid Johnson of the UAA Justice Center.

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