The
Alaska TPED Project's mission was to provide state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS
education and training, consultation, and support to community health
and social service providers* working with HIV-infected Alaska Natives/American
Indian populations in Alaska or those at risk for HIV.
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Case managers |
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Community health aides/representatives |
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Health educators |
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Mental health specialists |
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Peer advocates |
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Program planners |
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Social workers |
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Substance abuse specialists |
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Treatment outreach workers |
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Tribal doctors/healers |
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Others seeking current information
about HIV/AIDS |
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*includes those professionals
listed above but does not include physicians, physician assistants,
nurse practitioners, nurses, dental professionals and clinical pharmacists.
Training for clinical providers can be obtained by contacting the Northwest
AIDS Education and Training Center.
Collaborators/Acknowledgements
The AK TPED was a collaborative
project between the University of Washington's Center
for Health Education and Research, the Alaska
Native Health Board, and other Alaska organizations. The Alaska
TPED Project owed any accomplishments it has achieved to the outstanding
and invaluable efforts of the following individuals and organizations
in Alaska.
A special thank you to the Alaska
Native Health Board, which was the project's major Alaska collaborator,
and to the staff who specifically worked on the project. These include
Joe Cantil, Don Lemieux, Lureta White Wing, Clarence Smelcer, Lanie
Anniskett, and Ron Baines. Our thanks are also extended to PJ Bell (ASE
Consultants) and Pam James (Culture2Culture), who helped provider communities
identify their HIV/AIDS training needs, served as trainers and facilitators,
and helped with training logistics.
Our gratitude is extended to
the organizations and individuals who officially served on the TPED
Advisory Board: the State of Alaska Health and Social Services HIV/STD
Program, Southcentral Foundation, Alaska AIDS Assistance Association,
Chugachmiut, North Slope Borough Health Department, Yukon Kuskokwim
Health Corporation, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Ketchikan Indian Corporation,
Rita Blumenstein, Patrick Frank, Leonard Hamilton, John Andrews, Earl
Polk III, Marjorie Attla, and Cecilia "Cee Cee" Johnson.
Many other Alaska organizations
and individuals, too numerous to name, collaborated on planning the
TPED trainings and/or assisted the project in other ways over the past
three years. The list includes Norton Sound Health Corporation, Kodiak
Area Native Asssociation, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, National
Association of Social Workers Alaska Chapter, Southeast Alaska Regional
Health Consortium, Maniilaq Association, Alaska Native Tribal Health
Corporation, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Community Health Aide
Program, Interior AIDS Association, John Palmer, Elenore McMullen, Eugenia
(Virginia) Moonin, and Gloria Kvasnikoff.
Contact Information
The Alaska office for the NW
AETC is the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). Joe Cantil
is the NW AETC Alaska Coordinator at ANTHC. For updates on NW AETC training
activities in Alaska, please contact Joe Cantil at (907) 729-3956 or
jdcantil@anmc.org.
To order TPED Training and Education
Resources, please contact Joe Cantil, or Lynn MacIntosh at the NW AETC,
(206) 616-1354 or mctosh@u.washington.edu.
