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Health inequities in LGBTQ+ populations are driven by anti-LGBTQ+ stigma and discrimination. This article explores manifestations of stigma and discrimination among LGBTQ+ cancer survivors.
Individuals with chronic pain often turn to the health care system for treatment and pain management strategies, but barriers to health care access can make this difficult.
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Original Research Overall, AHCs spend a very small percentage of their total spending on community improvement services and community benefit operations.
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Original Research Of the 6,186 individuals in the study, 84.5% were White, 29.6% lived in rural areas, and 35.0% had MPW coverage; 77.4% sought health care services during the postpartum period.
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Original Research We found that North Carolina UMC clergy have higher rates of obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, angina, arthritis, and asthma than North Carolinians overall.
This study shows that family medicine residents recognize the importance of nutrition education but do not feel adequately trained to provide it to patients.
Wake Smiles is the only nonprofit dental clinic in Wake County solely focused on serving uninsured adults living under 250% of the FPL.
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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars “We have 508 graduates so far, and they come from 87 counties, and almost 90% of our graduates are practicing in North Carolina,” said Chadwick.
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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars Frank Courts, DDS, PhD, is a pediatric dentist who has had a varied career in education and has practiced in North Carolina for the last two decades.
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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars School-based oral health programs are an effective approach to population-based care and a stalwart of public health, especially in rural and underserved communities.
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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars The NC Center on the Workforce for Health can help to ensure an adequate oral health workforce to appropriately meet the dental care needs of all our state’s residents.