University of Alaska Anchorage Records
Guide to the UAA. College of Health. Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce. Area Health Education Center Program publications
circa 2012
Collection number: UAA-0231.
Creating office: UAA. College of Health. Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce. Area Health Education Center Program.
Series title: UAA. College of Health. Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce. Area Health Education Center Program publications.
Date: circa 2012.
Volume of series: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are entirely in English.
Series summary: Promotional pamphlets for the Area Health Education Center Program.
Administrative history:
The U.S. Congress founded the national Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program in 1971 under the Health Resources and Service Administration. The Alaskan AHEC program was established at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2005 through the School of Nursing.
Agency functions:
The mission of the Area Health Education Center Program is to provide high quality healthcare training and to maintain a strong health workforce throughout Alaska. The program office is located in the UAA Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce, and the AHEC maintains six regional centers across the state of Alaska. These are in Nome (Northwest), Fairbanks (Interior), Bethel (Yukon-Kuskokwim), Anchorage (Southcentral and Southwest), and Juneau (Southeast).
Series description:
This collection contains two promotional pamphlets for the Alaska Area Health Education Center Program and the resources to which it provides access.
Arrangement: This collection is in chronological order
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Preferred citation: UAA. College of Health. Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce. Area Health Education Center Program publications, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
“Alaska’s AHEC Program,” University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Center for Rural Health & health workplace website. Last accessed September 23, 2024: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/departments/acrhhw/about-ahec.cshtml
Processing information: This collection was described by Becky Butler Gallegos in 2024.