Record #:

27841

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

The state-wide smoking ban in restaurants and bars is proving difficult to enforce. The Legislature gave no money for enforcement and the NC Division of Public Health does not have the manpower to enforce the law. Currently, citizens and business owners are the ones enforcing the law. A look at how the counties in the Triangle area will attempt to enforce the ban with their budgets is explored.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 5, February 2010, p16-22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Smoking--Laws and legislation; Public health--Citizen participation; Public health--Laws and legislation

Record #:

30811

Author(s):

Miller, Sandra

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 42 Issue 9, Sept 2010, p20, il, por

Subject(s):

Artists; Public health; Public health--Citizen participation

Record #:

3752

Author(s):

Booher, Bridget

Abstract:

Educate Our Women, an outreach program of Wake County Human Services, uses Latino lay advisors to provide Latino women information about breast cancer prevention. Sessions are informal and appeal to those intimidated by medical settings.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 21, June 1998, p13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Breast--Cancer; Hispanic Americans--Services for--Wake County; Public health--Citizen participation; Women's health services--Wake County