The Task Force on Healthy Aging was convened from May 2022 to April 2023 with funding from The Duke Endowment, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC…
Between December 2021 and October 2022, North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) staff spoke with 62 North Carolinians about their perspectives on the current strengths, challenges, and opportunities of substance…
By 2028, 1 in 5 North Carolinians will be over the age of 65. Among these older adults, fifteen percent will not have reliable access to enough nutritious food on a regular basis. Nutritional deficiencies result in more than $140 million in annual costs related to disease-associated malnutrition among people over 65 in North Carolina. This brief describes the current state of malnutrition among older adults in North Carolina, what is currently being done to address it, and additional potential action to address this growing problem.
In 2023, North Carolina earned failing grades in several key areas, including Mental Health, School Health, Housing & Economic Security, and Birth Outcomes.
In 2023, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine celebrates four decades of serving the people of our state. We kicked off our celebration of this milestone with a commissioned 40th…
The Task Force on the Future of Local Public Health in North Carolina was convened from August 2021 to May 2022 with funding from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust…
The Carolinas Pandemic Preparedness Task Force, convened in July 2021 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) and the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), was…
Over recent decades, obesity has become an issue of increasing complexity. Obesity can complicate existing health problems and create increased risks for certain chronic health conditions. Early childhood obesity prevention…
Read NCIOM’s 2021 Annual Report for details on our work over the past year, upcoming task forces, North Carolina Medical Journal highlights, and more.
On March 11, the country marked one year since the COVID-19 crisis was declared a pandemic. Over half a million Americans have died from the virus in that time with…
The United States Congress passed a fourth piece of legislation on December 21, 2020, which was signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020, to address some of the health,…
North Carolina’s latest Child Health Report Card gives the state high marks for children’s health coverage, but also points out some troubling trends. North Carolina earned failing grades in several…