This publication provides updates on the progress made toward implementing the recommendations in the task force’s report, “Healthy Foundations for Healthy Youth: A Report of the NCIOM Task Force on…
The Division of Public Health and local health departments can help improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians by increasing efforts to provide evidence-based programs, policies, and clinical interventions….
Young children’s social-emotional development and mental health influence every critical developmental task of the first five years whether physical, cognitive, linguistic, or social-emotional. The NCIOM’s Task Force on the Mental…
Suicide is a devastating problem that has major emotional consequences for the family and friends of people who die by suicide, and physical and psychological consequences for those who survive…
The purpose of this annual publication is to heighten awareness of the health of our children by summarizing data on important child health indicators. The NCIOM and NC Child (formerly…
This report is a companion publication to Healthy North Carolina 2020: A Better State of Health, and provides additional background information for each of the 13 focus areas and more information…
Our military personnel and their families are heroes who risk their lives in their mission to protect our freedom. There is a strong commitment to ensuring they have the resources…
The Healthy North Carolina 2020 project was a collaborative effort of the NCIOM, Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians; the Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and…
This report highlights nine task force recommendations, including recommendations for improving and strengthening the current system, as well as recommendations for expanding affordable housing options and increasing options for how…
In 2007, the NCIOM released a report entitled “Just What Did the Doctor Order? Addressing Low Health Literacy in North Carolina,” which presented the findings and recommendations of the Task…
The purpose of this annual publication is to heighten awareness of the health of North Carolina children by summarizing data on important child health indicators. The NCIOM and Action for…
The Prevention Action Steps provide a list of actions or “steps” individuals or different groups can take to make improvements in health. Each document contains recommendations , modified for particular…