This Qungasvik is a collection of solutions. Qungasvik is Yup’ik for “toolbox.” This book is called Qungasvik because it contains tools to help Yup’ik communities find their own answers to the tragedies of suicide and drug and alcohol abuse. Qungasvik is also the story of how two communities, along with the Center for Alaska Native Health […]
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Elluam Tungiinun: Culturally Based Program for Substance Abuse Prevention in Alaska Native Communities
Elluam Tungiinun (Toward Wellness) is a prevention trial to test the efficacy of the project’s culturally based approach to suicide and substance abuse prevention in three Yup’ik communities in southwest Alaska. The Elluam Tungiinun project uses the Qungasvik (Toolbox) Manual. The Qungasvik has 36 cultural and bicultural activities designed to build protection from suicide and alcohol […]
Enrollment Specialist and Tribal Outreach Positions
Background: High rates of uninsured children, uninsured American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), and uninsured individuals in King County in Washington make outreach and education about CMS programs and eligibility criteria to these populations critical. King County has one of the largest uninsured children’s populations in Washington State. AI/ANs are one of the largest uninsured populations in […]
Workflow and Location Change to Facilitate Medicaid Application Assistance
Objective: To decrease the amount of bad debt and increase the number of patients on a sliding fee discount plan or Medicaid. Description: Due to a high rate of uninsured patients, the Indian Healthboard of Minneapolis focused on enrollment in Medicaid and an in-house Sliding Fee Discount program. Historically, they did not send patients with bad debt to […]