NIH R01 · 2025
North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska
ABSTRACT Rural Alaska Native children experience a high prevalence of preventable childhood hearing loss. School-based programs provide the only access to preventive services for many underserved rural and minority children, yet loss to follow-up from school hearing screening is common and scarcity of specialists in rural areas compound barriers to care. The Alaska Tribal Health System addresses geographic barriers to care with a telehealth network, but the network is not used for school hearing screening and is only available in Tribal regions. This proposal brings a novel telehealth model directly into schools to reach underserved rural and minority children across the state of Alaska,…
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