Environmental Health Highlights

Jennifer Skarada, Environmental Health Specialist attended the Global Bedbug Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana. She represents BBAHC on the National Tribal Pesticide Council; the council funded her travel. The summit will be showcasing the latest bed bug research and control strategies.

Injury Prevention Specialist, Kurt Buttelmann is involved with an elder falls prevention program and is also working on registering elders with the Veterans Administration. He is performing follow-up evaluations with those that received bed bug kits, and working with planners to prepare hunter education classes in the villages.

December 2016 HealthLine Newsletter

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation manages Kanakanak Hospital, a critical access facility, which is Joint Commission accredited, receives Health and Human Services funding, and is covered through the Federal Tort Claim Act with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including liability for medical malpractice claims, for its officers, board members, employees, and certain health profession contractors and health profession volunteers. Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation is recognized by the US Government and State of Alaska as a tribal organization under PL 93-638.