AI/ANs lose 6.4 more years of potential life per AAD compared with persons in the U.S. general population (36.3 versus 29.9 years).

J Am Diet Assoc. 2006 Jul ;106 (7):1055-63 16815122 (P,S,E,B) Diet quality among Yup'ik Eskimos living in rural communities is low: the Center for Alaska Native Health Research Pilot Study. [My paper] Andrea Bersamin, Bret R Luick, Elizabeth Ruppert, Judith S Stern, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr Department of Nutrition, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this pilot study were to describe the nutrient intake of Yup'ik Eskimos in comparison with national intake, identify dietary sources of key nutrients, and assess the utility of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) to measure diet quality of Yup'ik Eskimos living in rural Alaskan Native communities. PARTICIPANTS AND DESIGN: A single 24-hour recall was collected from 48 male and 44 female Yup'ik Eskimos (aged 14 to 81 years), who resided in three villages in the Yukon Kuskokwim River Delta, AK, during September 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: HEI scores, nutrient intake, and traditional food intake. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Spearman correlations for associations between variables. RESULTS: Youth scored higher than elders despite similar nutrient intakes. Overall diet quality was generally low; 63% of all participants' diets were classified as poor. Although the HEI serves to identify areas of concern with respect to diet quality, it is limited in its ability to detect the positive value of traditional foods. CONCLUSIONS: Traditional foods and healthful market foods, including rich sources of fiber and calcium, should be encouraged. Although traditional foods were important sources of energy and nutrients, market foods composed the preponderance of the diet, emphasizing the importance of appropriately modifying a diet quality index based on a Western framework, such as the HEI. Mesh-terms: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alaska; Calcium, Dietary :: administration & dosage; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet :: standards; Diet Surveys; Dietary Fiber :: administration & dosage; Energy Intake; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Inuits :: statistics & numerical data; Male; Mental Recall; Middle Aged; Nutrition Assessment; Nutrition Policy; Nutritive Value; Pilot Projects; Rural Population :: statistics & numerical data; Statistics, Nonparametric;

"5-23-07 by Greg Lincoln In this television commercial, a teenaged girl is riding an ATV while drinking and kills an innocent person walking along a trail. She is then ostracized by her peers. This video production is a commercial about underage drinking. The campaign is called “Our Reality - Underage Drinking Campaign” and is sponsored by the Communities In Schools of Alaska and the Lower Kuskokwim School District. The Communities In Schools is a community-based organization helping kids stay in school and prepare for life. Filming was done at the Bethel Regional High School hallways and classrooms and behind the YKHC Admin building and was completed in one day. Kerri Fox, local Coordinator for Communities In Schools of Alaska, assisted Bethel Alternative Boarding School students and long distance educator, Christina Hum, with the background knowledge and storyboarding necessary for them to create this commercial. BABS was given the opportunity when another school had to back out and a spot opened up. Videographer Larry Bottjen of Palmer did the filming. The commercial is 30 seconds long and will be shown on MTV, on all Alaska channels, and other channels, said Fox. However, it is unknown when the piece will be aired. The actors and actresses include Sephora Berlin, Reid Jennings (who is also the narrator), Mariann David, Yvonne Jackson, Kyle Jimmie, Michael Rapoza, and Natasha Alexie, Christopher Olrun, and Stephanie Watson. The younger stars who participated in one of the alternate endings of the commercial are Zachary Guest and Marissa Crow, an M.E. 1st grader. “The kids are really excited about it,” said Fox. “They worked for four weeks on this and were able to complete a lot of reading and writing standards.” Piurci!" http://www.deltadiscovery.com/soapbox/soapbox.html

Context With routine childhood vaccination using heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, one concern has been the potential for emergence and expansion of replacement disease caused by serotypes not contained in the heptavalent conjugate vaccine. Objective To determine whether replacement disease is associated with the overall decline in invasive pneumococcal disease among Alaska Native children. Design, Setting, and Patients Alaska statewide longitudinal population-based laboratory surveillance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2006. Main Outcome Measures Incidence and types of pneumococcal disease in children younger than 2 years. Results In the first 3 years after introduction of routine vaccination with heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, overall invasive pneumococcal disease decreased 67% in Alaska Native children younger than 2 years (from 403.2 per 100 000 in 1995-2000 to 134.3 per 100 000 per year in 2001-2003, P<.001). However, between 2001-2003 and 2004-2006, there was an 82% increase in invasive disease in Alaska Native children younger than 2 years to 244.6/100 000 (P = .02). Since 2004, the invasive pneumococcal disease rate caused by nonvaccine serotypes has increased 140% compared with the prevaccine period (from 95.1 per 100 000 in 1995-2000 to 228.6 in 2004-2006, P = .001). During the same period, there was a 96% decrease in heptavalent vaccine serotype disease. Serotype 19A accounted for 28.3% of invasive pneumococcal disease among Alaska children younger than 2 years during 2004-2006. There was no significant increase in nonvaccine disease in non–Native Alaska children younger than 2 years. Conclusions Alaska Native children are experiencing replacement invasive pneumococcal disease with serotypes not covered by heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The demonstration of replacement invasive pneumococcal disease emphasizes the importance of ongoing surveillance and development of expanded valency vaccines. Author Affiliations: Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Preparedness Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Drs Singleton, Hennessy, Hammitt, Rudolph, and Parkinson and Mss Bulkow, Zulz, and Hurlburt), Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (Drs Singleton and Hammitt), and Alaska Division of Public Health (Dr Butler), Anchorage, Alaska.

Distribution of the blood groups, M-N and RH types among Eskimos of the Kuskokwim Basin in Western Alaska G. Albin Matson, Helen J. Roberts Department of Bacteriology, College of Medicine, University of Utah, and Latter-day Saints Hospital Blood Bank, Salt Lake City This work was aided by a grant from the Research Fund, University of Utah, and by the Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana. Abstract No Abstract.

"Descriptive Summary Title: Lorraine Donoghue Koranda Collection, 1962-1963 Collection number: 1963.02 Creator: Koranda, Lorraine Donoghue Extent: 2 boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Ethnomusicology Archive Los Angeles, California 90095-1490 Abstract: This collection consists of field recordings made by Lorraine Donoghue Koranda of Eskimo music in Unalakleet, Kobuk, King Island, Mary's Igloo, Kotzebue, Nome, Hooper Bay, Chevak, and Bethel, Alaska between 1962 and 1963. Performers include Joe Seton ; John Nesh ; Rose Ann Nagovanna ; Nanny Kagak ; Paul Green ; Theodore Statuk ; Mary Statuk ; Charles Jensen ; Owen Keerik ; Sarah Kunoknana. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact Ethnomusicology Archive for paging information." http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt800022kh/

1995 book based on Bethel Alaska (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.)