Washeteria closures, infectious disease and community health in rural Alaska : a review of clinical data in Kivalina, Alaska

• Other Authors: Thomas, Timothy K, Bell, Jake, Bruden, Dana, Hawley, Millie, Brubaker, Michael
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Child; Preschool; Communicable Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Housing; Humans; Infant; Newborn; Islands; Epidemiology; Middle Aged; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Rural Population; Sanitation; Skin Diseases; Bacterial; Waste Disposal Facilities; Water Supply; Young Adult; Barrier Island; Circumpolar Health; Alaska
• Online Access: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21086

Background Kivalina is a northwest Alaska barrier island village of 400 people vulnerable to storm surges exacerbated recently by delayed winter sea and shore ice formation The village has no in-home piped water or sewage; the “washeteria” is the only structure providing public showers, laundry faci...