Nuka Health

About Nuka Health

Southcentral Foundation's Nuka Health podcast offers insights into how SCF built its Nuka System of Care in collaboration with the Alaska Native community, and how it maintains the system with the community's support. Each episode will give an in-depth look at different aspects of Nuka, with commentary from the people who helped build the system and keep it operating to a high standard of quality today. We hope you will appreciate the insight into the inner workings of a system that has been nationally and internationally recognized for providing high-quality health care. Podcast music is provided by Polly Napiryuk Andrews, Cup'ik from the community of Chevak, Alaska. The song Niitaqamaa Wii (When I Hear) is sung in Yup'ik, and translates to "When I hear the voices of my ancestors, it's beautiful, and it gives me flight". This song is composed by Ossie Kairaiuak, rendition by Polly Andrews, with drums by Michael Ulroan. Polly is a Learning and Development Advisor with Southcentral Foundation Family Wellness Warriors, a movement that focuses on Alaska Native culture and strengths to end cycles of trauma.

Publisher

Nuka Learning Institute

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jun 2023

Latest episode

22 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Apr 2026

   Adapting Best Practices Across Organizations

   This episode discusses how SCF works with other organizations looking to transform their health care systems. This episode features interviews with people from organizations that have worked with SCF: the CEOs of Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority and Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, a former Health Systems Adviser from Care Oregon, and an Integrated Care Manager and a Program Manager from Choctaw Nation.

2. 

   26 Jan 2026

   Community-Based Participatory Research

   This episode covers how Southcentral Foundation handles research, including how it evaluates research requests, how its Research department works with the Alaska Native community, and how it ensures that research benefits the Alaska Native community SCF serves.

3. 

   30 Dec 2025

   READI for Improvement

   In this episode, learn how Southcentral Foundation pursues improvement and innovation. This episode discusses how SCF embeds improvement throughout the organization; the structure of Organizational Development, SCF's dedicated improvement department; SCF's READI model for improvement; and how SCF approaches improvement projects.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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