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Alaska Health Connections Picture of Health

Tukta and Alison Benda at the Haines Public Health
Center for the "I Did It By Two" childhood immunization campaign.
Photography by Deb Stanford

Kiana, Alaska - Maniilaq Association's Tobacco
Prevention program hosts the annual "Kobuk River,
Smoke Free & Proud" youth softball tournament.
Registered nurse Kathi Rappuhn (right) trains registered nurse Kathy Morgan (left). Both work at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. Kathi Rappuhn won the Alaska Nurse of the Year award in the Perioperative Category in 2007.
Photography by Elizabeth Ripley
Toddler Alicia Stanford keeps nurse Monica Acton busy at the Haines Public Health Center.
Photography by Deb Stanford
Good food. Good exercise. Millie Katongan ice fishing
for tomcods at mouth of Unalakleet River.
Photography by Henry Oyoumick

Heather and Jude Asselin (8 months)
Mom and baby singing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider."

Dora Andrew-Ihrke and niece, Sara Ross on a berry picking adventure in Arctic Valley.  Dora teaches her
niece how to pick berries, and also shows her how to
make different things with the berries that are good
for your health.
Photography by Diane Ross

Ten-year-old Noah Asselin (wearing orthodontic
headgear) leaps from a rock near Mirror Lake.
Photography by Heather Asselin

People wait in line for free blood tests at Alaska Regional Hospital's Heart Fair.
Photography by Audry Whalen

Five-year-old Susie Seeganna from King Island catches a trout at Jim's Creek near Knik Glacier. She stays healthy by fishing and stays safe by wearing a life jacket. 
Photography by Tony and Carolyn Seeganna

Talon Erickson and Mischa Dick seining on the Unalakleet River - pink salmon for dried fish ... our
healthy winter snack.
Photography by Jeff Erickson

 
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