These videos were created to provide culturally informed cancer education resources and learning opportunities for Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/Ps), the primary providers of health care in rural Alaska, along with the people of their communities.
<p style="margin-left:40px"><a href="mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/emedia/health/Awake.wmv">Awakening Choices: Colon Health, Our Stories</a>
<p style="margin-left:40px">Sharing stories: Alaska Native people talk about colon/rectum cancer and healthy lifestyle choices. The importance of early detection through colon/rectum screening is emphasized. [28:17 min]<br />
(This interview requires the use of the Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded from <a class="style5" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player">Windows Media Player's Web site</a> at no charge.)
<p style="margin-left:40px"><a href="mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/emedia/health/strong.wmv">Staying Strong, Staying Healthy: Alaska Men Talk About Cancer</a>
<p style="margin-left:40px">Specifically for Alaska Native men, this program addresses colon/rectum cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. [28:17 min]<br />
(This interview requires the use of the Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded from <a class="style5" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player">Windows Media Player's Web site</a> at no charge.)
<p style="margin-left:40px"><a href="mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/emedia/health/basket.wmv">The Story Basket: Weaving Breast Health into Our Lives</a>
<p style="margin-left:40px">Alaska Native women discuss the importance of breast health. It includes the process involved in a personal breast exam and mammogram. [30:00 min]
<p style="margin-left:40px"><a href="mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/emedia/garrett/light.wmv">Understanding: Stepping into the Light</a>
<p style="margin-left:40px">The play, which was adapted for television to reach rural, Alaska Native communities, enters the silence, making audible the experience of cancer. [27:01 min]<br />
(This interview requires the use of the Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded from <a class="style5" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player">Windows Media Player's Web site</a> at no charge.)