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March 18, 2019

Caring for North Carolina’s Immigrant and Refugee Populations

By Kaitlin Phillips

By Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips   When immigration is in the headlines, the context is often politics, legislative reform, and harrowing stories of survival. For the latest issue of the North…

March 12, 2019

2019 Child Health Report Card Addresses Youth Suicide, Racial Disparities

By Michelle Ries

By Michelle Ries, Whitney Tucker, Fawn Pattison   North Carolina’s 2019 Child Health Report Card, published jointly by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and NC Child, gives the state…

March 4, 2019

Greenville Community Weighs in on HNC2030 Health Indicators; Henderson Up Next

By Kaitlin Phillips

By Chloe Donohoe   North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) staff hosted their first Community Input Session of the Healthy North Carolina 2030 (HNC 2030) project on Wednesday, February 27th….

February 20, 2019

Understanding the Importance of Increased Care for Pregnant Women after Medicaid Transformation

By Kaitlin Phillips

By Robert Kurzydlowski   In 2017, there were 120,099 births in North Carolina [1]. Over half (55%) of those births were by mothers who received prenatal care and delivery services, or…