Social Medicine Archives

The project will focus on workflows to increase the timeliness and comprehensiveness of postpartum care, a virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service including e-consult and telehealth capability for women with high-risk conditions served at rural community health centers, and support for community doula training and the development of a community doula collaborative in rural Chatham County.

Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.

Whole Community Connection invites applications from existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions. The call for applications closes Sept. 15.

Narges Farahi, MD, MPH, of UNC Family Medicine is PI for a grant to develop and test a holistic polycystic ovary syndrome management program within a federally qualified health center. An interdisciplinary group of co-investigators from UNC OB-GYN, UNC School of Social Work, Piedmont Health, GWU and the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health are co-PIs.

WCC supports cohorts of leaders to advance health equity in rural North Carolina by increasing local power to focus on priorities by and at the community level and co-creating a model of relationship centered engagement.

The STEPPS project is led by Mara Buchbinder, professor and vice chair in the UNC Department of Social Medicine.

A new study led by Mara Buchbinder, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, concludes that interventions to reduce physician stress and burnout should target systems factors and stressors at multiple levels.

Whole Community Connection invites applications from existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions. The call for applications closes Oct. 18.

Jill Fisher, PhD, Professor in the Department of Social Medicine and Center for Bioethics, was elected to a 3-year term as Chair of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Using data from a large nationally representative sample of internists, UNC School of Medicine’s Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH, led two studies in PLOS ONE and the Journal of Healthcare Management on the moral distress impact of the pandemic and actions healthcare organizations took to support clinicians during the past two years.

The Physician Assistant Education Association featured Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, among five women who have advanced the PA profession.

Ten Carolina faculty, staff, students and organizations were recognized at the 23rd annual Public Service Awards this week for outstanding contributions to the Carolina campus and broader communities. UNC School of Medicine’s Robyn Jordan, MD, PhD, and Ron Strauss, DMD, PhD, were among the award recipients.

Category: Social Medicine

Partnership with Piedmont Health Services Aims to Address Maternal Mortality Crisis

UNC Department of Family Medicine Authors Second Edition of Chronic Illness Care Textbook

Applications Open for Whole Community Connection Community-Academic Partnerships

UNC Team Partnering to Navigate Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Whole Community Connection Awards Rural Community-Academic Partnerships

New Recommendations Address Crisis of Physician Stress

Multiple Stressors Contributed to Physician Burnout During First Wave of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Whole Community Connection Applications Open for Community-Academic Partnerships

Fisher Elected As Chair of ASA Section

Researchers Reveal Moral Distress Impact, Actions to Support Doctors During Pandemic

Five PAs to Teach Your Students About Women’s History Month

Jordan, Strauss Honored with Public Service Awards