1) Her background and how she got involved in the Community Health Aide Program.
Saratoga Springs, New York\ Alaska -- coming to\ Hudson Valley Albany Medical Center\ program -- Physician Associate\ Alaska -- visit\ visit -- date of\ Norton Sound Health Corporation\ Ursinger, Sherry\ Health Aide Program -- head of\ program -- lack of openings\ Albany Memorial Hospital -- work\ call -- long distance\ job -- offer\ job -- curriculum coordinator\ Nome, Alaska\ program -- director\ training -- health aide\  job -- responsibilities\ clinics -- staffing\ personnel -- issues\ clinics -- supplies\ mediation\ facilitation\ staff -- medical\ departments -- needs\  health aides -- schedule\ Women in Cirsis (WIC)\ Infant Learning Program\ Academic Review Committee (ARC)\ curriculum -- statewide\ training -- centers\ training -- modules\ job title -- Community Health Practitioner\ training -- units\ training -- content\ curriculum -- uniformity\ health aides -- needs\ needs -- family\ needs -- time\ retention\ recruitment\ health aides -- support of\ crisis\ needs -- academic\ CHAP directors -- committee\ training -- evolution of\ curriculum -- development of\ CHAP -- directors\ directors -- regional\ Norton Sound\ Yukon Kuskokwim\ North Slope\ Interior\ Sitka|

2) The needs and demands that shaped the formation of different aspects of the Community Health Aide Program.
organization -- startup\ executive directors\ state\ needs\ talking\ sharing\ success\ survival\ decisions\ Health Aide Program\ strategies\ needs\ cooperation\ retention\ health aides -- dedication\ women\ elders\ Ashenfelter, Willa\ pay\ work\ support\ dedication\ Aukognak, Irene -- licensed practical nurse (LPN)\ husband\ marriage\ job\ philosophy\ community -- dedication\ youth -- attitude\ job -- stepping-stone\ family -- needs\ health aides -- retention\ training -- expense\ Curda, Linda\ Heart, Torie\ paper\ funding -- cost per health aide\ teachers -- salary\ equipment\ travel\ salaries\ villages\ health aides -- number of\ schedule -- vacation\ work -- coverage\ sickness\ schedule -- on-call\ emergencies\ impact -- family\ impact -- psychological\ patients -- care of\ patients -- friends\ patients -- family\ work -- hardship\ patient -- abusive\ abuse -- impact of\ retention\ Norton Sound Health Corporation\ health aides -- itinerant\ success -- minimal\ Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation\ itinerant -- stress on\ work -- demands\ itinerant -- overwhelming\ itinerant -- travel\ home-base -- lack of\ balance -- family\ work|

3) Ways that the administration of the Community Health Aide Program have tried to make the job more attractive and less stressful.
job -- health aide\ recruitment\ pay -- increase\ benefits\ training\ impact\ state -- evolution\ villages -- jobs\ teachers\ teacher aides\ stores\ competition\ lifestyle\ vacation\ fishing\ health aides\ improvement\ villages -- size of\ health aides -- number of\ coverage\ sickness\ child birth\ health aides -- qualities\ intelligence\ exams\ caring\ people\ dedication\ equilibrium\ family\ job\ demands -- difficulty\ provisions\ job -- time off\ subsistence\ training -- classes\ training -- clinical\ break\ learning -- group\ job -- pay scale\ Norton Sound Health Corporation\ mid-levels -- placement\ villages\ hubs\ health aides -- isolation\ Nome\ weather -- storm\ help\ airplane\ distance -- roads\ mid-level -- physician assistant\ mid-level -- nurse practitioner\ training -- amount of|     

4) The duties of health aides and trying to moderate their workload in order to provide quality health care throughout the villages.
Nome\ Unalakleet \ physician assistants -- placement of\ Norton Sound Health Corporation\ Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation -- sub-regional clinics\ Sitka -- clinics\ mid-levels\ Tanana Chiefs Conference -- sub-regional clinics\ North Slope\ mid-levels -- race of\ health aides -- further training\ physician assistant\ licensed practical nurse\ Medex program\ mid-levels -- origin of\ villages\ community -- relationships\ village -- appreciation\ training -- advanced\ Seattle\ program -- physician assistant\ program -- duration\ physician assistant -- training\ training -- duration\ training -- evolution\ experiment\ Vietnam war\ medics\ requirements -- bachelor's degree\ health aides -- intelligence\ health aides -- opportunities\ situation -- difficulty\ education -- distance\ Curda, Linda\ program -- cancer\ discipline\ telephone\ Norton Sound Health Corporation -- Community Health Aide Program\ mediation\ integration\ corporation\ hospital\ health aides -- interaction with\ village -- travel\ health care\ patients -- scheduling\ patients -- check- in\ help\ work load -- additional\ orientation\ village -- expectations\ attitude -- realistic\ health aides -- responsibilities\ job\ families\ guests -- importance\ service\ welcome\ vice president -- joke\ negotiations\ health aides -- protection\ mediation\ job -- limits\ job -- clinician\ medical records\ laboratory\ physical therapy\ pharmacy -- maintenance\ home visits\ visitors\ hospital\ sub-regional clinic|  

5) Cultural concerns in the Community Health Aide Program.
doctors -- integration\ training -- orientation\ health aides\ appreciation\ radio traffic\ advice\ direction\ emergencies\ understanding\ skills\ talents\ training -- levels\ support\ doctors -- training\ bush\ ivory tower\ focus -- people\ idealists\ abilities -- appreciation\ Bethel -- move to\ Norton Sound Health Corporation -- director\ move -- reasons for\ people -- contact with\ clinic -- non-tribal\ Bethel Family Clinic -- executive director\ clinician\ medical director -- hiring\ Nome\ Imperial Valley, California\ clinic -- community\ temperature -- extremes\ cultures -- transition\ Niland (?)\ Salton Sea\ community -- ethnicity\ Hispanic\ region -- The Slabs\ World War II\ Quonset huts -- slabs\ Vietnam -- veterans\ homeless\ community -- mixture\ motivations\ marriage\ Alaska -- missing\ O'Neil, Karen\ job -- offer\ job -- director\ Unalakleet -- physician assistant|

6) The future of the health aide program.
health aide program -- future\ retention -- issues\ job -- evolution\ people -- local\ training\ mid-level practitioners\ time line\ needs -- private lives\ knowledge\ expertise\ bush -- proximity\ travel -- efficiency\ Savoonga\ airplane\ Medevac\ flight -- duration\ airplanes -- types\ changes\ expectations\ health aides -- capabilities\ health aide -- evolution\ sophistication\ knowledge\ training\ medicine\ frontier\ villages -- future\ world -- change\ factors -- economics\ youth -- retention\ culture\ health care -- availability\ clinic\ idealists\ problems\ training -- costs of\ benefits\ candidates -- pool\ needs -- support\ health aides -- voice\ Native corporations\ Alaska Native Health Board\ communication|

7) Support for health aides in crisis and trauma situations.
support\ difficulties -- psychological\ CHAP director\ employee assistance program -- call-in\ Norton Sound Health Corporation -- coordinator instructors\ director\ availability\ talk\ crisis -- death\ crisis intervention team -- deployment\ provider -- mental health\ provider -- emergency medical services\ administration -- representative\ provider -- behavioral health\ health aide department\ health aides -- relief\ trauma -- recovery\ problem -- personal\ vice-president -- travel\ health care -- providers\ health -- issues\ stress\ statistics -- health reports\ trauma -- numbers of\ suicide -- numbers of\ Alaska -- rank\ patient -- care\ patient -- family\ patient -- friends\ emotions -- post-ponement of|

8) How the community health aide program has served as a role model or template in other countries.
Community Health Aide Program -- unique\ role model\ Micronesia\ group -- visit\ health aide program -- template\ factors -- differences\ airplanes\ boats\ similarities\ nations -- Africa\ nations -- Near East\ villages -- remote\ Curda, Linda\ manual -- orders\ manual -- “CHAM”\ programs -- implementation\ program -- influence\ life -- enrichment\ people\ courage\ dedication\ health aides -- qualities of\ acceptance\ faults\ Aukongak, Irene\ Ashenfelter, Willa\ Buck, Rita|

9) Lessons she learned as a director and why she feels blessed to have come to rural Alaska as part of the community health aide program.
work -- director\ lessons\ health aide -- work\ work -- attendance\ work -- absence\ domestic violence\ judgement\ point of view\ facts\ meetings -- statewide\ Community Health Aide -- directors\ job -- turnover\ directors -- background\ medical\ administrative\ career -- choice of\ college -- grade point average\ medical schools -- application\ rejection\ American Medical Association (AMA) -- publication\ medical schools -- list\ minorities -- acceptance\ program -- physician assistant\ parents -- background\ mother -- registered nurse\ father -- funeral director\ ambulance\ birthdate\ siblings\ brother -- engineer\ Alaska -- rural\ Nome\ stoplights -- lack of\ beach -- fire\ permit\ freedom\ responsibility\ government -- role of\ care\ control\ inquiries -- destination\ activity\ search\ community\ health aide program -- involvement with\ Curda, Linda\ Johnson, Walter|