Significant advances in science and medicine have not been adequate to dethrone heart disease, cancer, and stroke from their positions as three of the top killers of North Carolinians.
This issue addresses the health of North Carolina’s Armed Services and Veteran populations and their families, including members of the Reserve Component.
This issue examines the challenges and opportunities facing North Carolina children and families, from food security to early childhood education.
This issue describes the potential for changes to lower the probability of firearm-related injuries and fatalities, not just for children and adolescents, but persons of all ages.
This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal explores the role of trust and communications in the provision of health care and information.
This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal questions what we know about aging and proposes—widely and wisely—that we think not just of aging, but of healthy aging.
The January/February 2023 issue of the NCMJ highlights various programs and initiatives aimed to improve maternal health outcomes; strategies to enhance the birthing person’s experience and satisfaction with the care received during the perinatal period; efforts to build a diverse perinatal workforce; and several innovative maternal health programs that adapted to meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum persons during COVID-19.
The November/December issue focuses on the evolving workforce for health in North Carolina and beyond.
The Sept/Oct issue focuses on policy, programs, data, and outcomes related to life expectancy and infant mortality in North Carolina.
The July/August issue focuses on policy, programs, data, and outcomes related to health behaviors, including drug overdose deaths, tobacco use, excessive drinking, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, HIV diagnosis, and teen birth rate in North Carolina. Read the articles in this issue to learn more about the Healthy NC 2030 initiative, and see how people across NC are moving its work forward.
This issue focuses on policy, programs, data, and outcomes related to the uninsurance rate, primary care clinician ratio, access to early prenatal care, and suicide rate in North Carolina. Read the articles in this issue to learn more about the Healthy NC 2030 initiative, and see how people across NC are moving its work forward.
The second issue of the year focuses on how access to safe housing, health food, and exercise opportunities impact health, as detailed in Healthy North Carolina 2030.
