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Janet Gordon

Aug 31, 2026

8:06
Janet, could you share some specific examples of the kinds of care or services they're providing in the community?
8:13
I just wanted to recognize my mother, who's passed away since then, a few years back.
8:21
But she was what you would call in our communities a CHR, which is a community health representative.
8:28
And she was the primary care provider in our communities.
8:32
And she... did probably the similar thing that is recognized in Alaska with the community health aides.
8:42
She was able to do assessments.
8:44
She was able to do other things like manage an emergency, doing IV therapy, and as well as other things like stitching and things like that.

15 MINS LATER

23:43
Maddie and Janet, what would you like to see next for your program or for community health worker supports more broadly? I

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