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Public Health Nurses Focus on Prevention

Preventative medicine is a luxury in our current health care system. But that’s exactly the focus of more than 100 public health nurses in two dozen communities across the state. For a series of interviews marking National Public Health Awareness week we called one of those nurses in Petersburg.Lori Townsend, APRN - AnchorageDownload Audio (MP3)