On the samarskite, Mitchell County, North Carolina

Rural Adults’ Perspectives on School Food in a North Carolina County

INTRODUCTION To address alarming rates of youth obesity, multiple stakeholder perspectives must be understood and considered when developing nutrition interventions. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine adults' perceptions of school food in rural North Carolina and their opinions about potential changes to encourage students to eat more fruits and vegetables in school meals. M...

North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on the North Carolina Nursing Workforce (2004).

North Carolina is indeed fortunate to have avoided many of the extreme shortages of nurses reported in other states. Yet, there are important developments on the horizon that have the potential to cause such shortages. Taking action today to expand the production of new nurses, enhance their education, augment school-to-work transitions, and improve the nursing workplace environment can help re...

Use and Perceived Impact of the County Health Rankings Report in Florida and North Carolina.

OBJECTIVE Examine overall level of and variation in local health department (LHD) use and perceived impact of the County Health Rankings report (Rankings) in Florida (2010, 2011) and North Carolina (2010-2012, 2013). DESIGN Two cross-sectional surveys among LHDs. PARTICIPANTS Local health directors and relevant staff. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Use of the Rankings was measured by asking respon...

North Carolina State College,

Hands-On Experience for North Carolina Physicians

A THE EDITORS OF THIS journal planned this issue on managed care, I was asked to offer an article from my perspective regarding managed care and its evolution in North Carolina. I begin with my experience with Carolina Physicians Health Plan, later Healthsource North Carolina. One approach to this challenge would have been to describe the roles of an extensive list of physicians who played vita...