Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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2274
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By law every county health department must provide to county residents such services as child care and family planning. These services may be provided in-house, through a private contractor, or in collaboration with another county.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 15-16 Issue 4 & 1, Mar 1995,
p46-48, il, f
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26258
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Hospitals occasionally become a source of news and information. When dealing with the news media, hospitals must have a well-conceived strategy that considers patient privacy, confidentiality, avoiding disturbances, obeying the law, serving the community, maintaining a good community image, and serving the researcher.
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30811
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In 2008, Ken Burkel and other members of the Clemmons Rotary Club in Forsyth County launched a program to heighten public awareness for the need for organ and tissue donors in North Carolina. The program created roadside billboards and recently partnered with the North Carolina Trucking Association to display custom banners of organ recipients and donor families.
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8268
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A school facility is the most expensive public facility that is provided by North Carolina state and local governments. Beyond academic instruction, the school facilities can become activity centers for the communities surrounding them. Land costs, however, are usually the bottom line in school development rather than the positive and negative implications that the location of schools facilities can have on an area. Lentz discusses the school location and development issue and describes what steps Cabarrus County took to improve the process.
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8267
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Efforts to improve the understanding of policy and environmental attributes that may support active lifestyles have become a promising area for collaboration between planning and public health professionals. Aytur highlights the results of work performed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examining the relationship between planning policies and physical activity and the prevalence of land use policies and implementation tools that might support the viability of non-motorized modes.
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26266
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Public health officials who make inspections are subject to the Fourth Amendment. They must either obtain consent or a warrant, or be sure of an exception for inspections. There are exceptions for public areas, abandoned property, emergency situations, and heavily regulated businesses.
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26006
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Researchers at the School of Public Health are examining how people and their communities make decisions that encourage or discourage physical activity. They found that levels of physical activity are related to new urban ideals, safety, transportation services, and equity.
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31631
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Since its identification early this year in New Jersey, swine flu has been investigated and tested by scientists across the country. North Carolina health department personnel are preparing to begin mass immunization of the public this month. Frank Lewis, coordinator of the state’s immunization program, discusses the vaccine’s availability and effectiveness in protecting against swine flu, and provides answers to the most commonly asked questions about swine flu.
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17889
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The state's health directors met to discuss topics of developing public health concerns like immunizations, pollution, and urbanization. This meeting was one in a series formally recognized as the North Carolina Conference of Health Directors and began with the first meeting in 1963. Conference goals were to assemble the state's public health experts to inform legislation and advise the State Board of Health.
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27451
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Two years after the hazardous waste incinerator in Caldwell County has been shut down, residents of the county and former employees of the incinerator company are experiencing serious health problems. Evidence suggests the state of NC knew that the incinerator was violating EPA and health regulations but did nothing to shut the company down. State officials dispute those claims, but questions remain as to how much the state actually knew, why it failed to regulate the company, and what it means for a proposed incinerator, and the future protection of NC citizens from hazardous waste pollution.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 15, April 12-18 1990,
p10-15
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2074
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Currently, county health care services are financed through county appropriations, state and federal funds, private grants, and fees. However, national and state debate over health care is affecting how counties meet health care responsibilities.
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2724
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Possible changes, including more local control by county commissioners of health programs and expenditures, competition from home health care, and managed heath care systems, could affect the role of local public health departments.
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3788
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Many county commissioners want to exert more local control over state-mandated programs and expenditures, like those related to public health. Also, private-sector services, like home care, are competitive. This, and how services will be paid for, will affect the future of public health service.
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26257
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Local government entities in North Carolina remain the prime financial support for local public health services. An advantage of public health today is that it is often possible to prevent health problems. Yet, the state faces challenges of an aging population, poverty and lack of education, young mothers and high risk pregnancies, cancer mortality, and environmental health concerns.
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27486
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A year after a report on workers’ injuries, unfavorable contracts, and public health concerns against the poultry industry in NC, conditions have little changed. Small changes include a newsletter produced by farmers on relevant topics in the poultry growing industry, protests against processors, and pending court cases against processors for violations of OSHA. Additionally, salmonella cases are on the rise and have been linked to the poultry industry.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 33, August 15-21 1990,
p7
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