Several UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health faculty and staff are authors of publications in a special edition of the North Carolina Medical Journal’s first issue for the new year. These authors include Crystal W. Cené, MD, MPH, Randi J. Towns, Megan Canady, MSW, MSPH, Molly Berkoff, MD, MPH, and Andrea Bozoki, MD.
Several UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health faculty and staff are authors of publications in a special edition of the North Carolina Medical Journal’s first issue for the new year. These authors include Crystal W. Cené, MD, MPH, Randi J. Towns, Megan Canady, MSW, MSPH, Molly Berkoff, MD, MPH, and Andrea Bozoki, MD. This issue focuses on the social and economic factors of health, as detailed in a report called “Healthy North Carolina 2030.” The initiative, published by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in January 2020, sets targets for improving 21 health indicators related to social and economic factors, the physical environment, access to clinical care, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Read the articles to learn more about Healthy NC 2030, and see how people across NC are moving its work forward.
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Crystal W. Cené and Randi J. Towns
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022 83:13-15; doi:10.18043/ncm.83.1.13
http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/83/1/13
The Impact of Advocacy Efforts to Improve the Care and Treatment of Incarcerated Pregnant People in North Carolina
Velma V. Taormina, Megan Canady and A. Kerianne Crockett
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022 83:29-32; doi:10.18043/ncm.83.1.29
http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/83/1/29.abstract
Implementation of the North Carolina Plan of Safe Care in Wake County, North Carolina
Anna E. Austin, Meghan E. Shanhan, Paige Rosemond, Molly C. Berkoff, Catherine Joyner and Scott Proescholdbell
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022 83:67-74; doi:10.18043/ncm.83.1.67
http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/83/1/67.abstract
Raising Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia in Native Americans in North Carolina
Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Goldie Smith Byrd, Rachel Dewees, Andrea C. Bozoki, Patrick M. Martin, Brenda Plassman and S. Russ Price
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022 83:77-78; doi:10.18043/ncm.83.1.77
http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/83/1/77