Health care
Publications, Presentations and Current Research Projects
Health Effects of Indoor-Air Benzene in Anchorage Residences: A Study of Indoor-Air Quality in Houses with Attached Garages by Mary Ellen Gordian, Rosyland Frazier, Alexandra Hill, Irma Schreiner, Darla Siver, Alistair Stewart, Steve Morris. June 2009.
Alaska's $5 Billion Health-Care Bill Research summary by Scott Goldsmith and Mark Foster. ALSO: March 2007 Addendum
Understanding Barriers to Health Insurance of Uninsured and Sporadically Insured Alaskans by Rosyland Frazier, Virgene Hanna, and Megan Wilson. April 2007. Table of Contents Report Appendices Understanding Alaska Summary
Linking Waste Management and Health: A Community Health Impact Assesment Approach. PDF. October 2007. Presentation by Steve Colt and James Edwin.
Health Care Questions: Measuring the Uninsured and Implications of Cost-Shifting, by Mark Foster. April 2007
Kids Count Alaska An annual series of data books that report on health, safety, education, and other measures of well-being among Alaska's children. 2005 data book 2004 data book 2003 data book 2002 data book 2001 data book 2000 data book 1998-99 data book 1997 data book 1996 data book
An Assessment of Safety Belt Use in Alaska, Summer 2003. By Virgene Hanna. Prepared for the Alaska Highway Safety Planning Agency. Annual report on the share of Alaskans using seatbelts. Summer 2003
The Cost of Health Care In Alaska. Research Summary No. 53. PDF. December 1992.
Alcohol Control Research:
Community Alcohol Control as a 'Best Practice' Power Point presentation by Matt Berman to the Alaska Federation of Natives Wellness Conference, Anchorage, April 26, 2002.
Alcohol Control by Referendum in Northern Native Communities: the Alaska Local Option Law. August 2000. By Matthew Berman and Teresa Hull. Also available; published article from the Arctic Institute of North America.
A Historical Sketch of the Elections for Local Option Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Communities in Alaska. PDF. HTM. July 1999.
"Alcohol Control Policies and Native American Communities," by Matthew Berman appearing in Alcohol Use Among American Indians: Multiple Perspectives on a Complex Problem. in P.D. Mail,, S. Heurtin-Roberts, S.E. Martin, and J. Howard, eds. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Research Monograph No. 37. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2002, pp. 87-110.
Alcohol Control and Injury Death in Alaska Native Communities. HTM. By Matthew Berman and Teresa Hull. Abstract only. To read the full article, please visit this Journal of Alcohol Studies site link.
Community Control of Alcohol in Alaska. Pages 1-4 and Foldout Map. ARSEC Vol. 31, No. 1. PDF. April 1997. By Matthew Berman and Teresa Hull.