Vol. 83, Issue 5, 2022 | Published by North Carolina Medical Journal

Policy Forum: Introduction

A Play in Five Acts: Bringing Healthy NC 2030 Into Focus

Peter J. Morris

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Policy Forum: Issue Brief

Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy: The Inequitable Loss of Potential Life

ClarLynda Williams-DeVane

Differences in life expecta...

Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Examining the Intersection of Life Expectancy and Social Vulnerability by Locality
Willysha JenkinsCourtney JacksKatherine Tyrlik
Social vulnerabilities affect life expectancy across North Carolina. From 2018 to 2020, we observed that counties with low life expectancy had higher Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) scores. Counties with low...
Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Sidebar: Place-based Differences in Life Expectancy
Margaret M. SuggLauren M. AndersenJennifer D. Runkle
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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Back to the Future: Reflecting on Three Decades of Healthy North Carolina Infant Mortality Goals
Kathleen Jones-VesseySarah McCracken Cobb
Decreasing infant mortality has been a key objective of Healthy North Carolina task forces since the inaugural 1990 objectives, but the state has frequently failed to reach its infant mortality...
Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
North Carolina’s 2022–2026 Perinatal Health Strategic Plan: Addressing Perinatal Health Inequities Across the Life-Course
Jessica Landes JohnsonSarah McCracken CobbBelinda Pettiford
North Carolina’s Perinatal Health Equity Collective promotes the implementation of the 2022–2026 Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, building off its 2016–2020 predecessor. Through its overarching goals, the plan recognizes that reducing...

Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars

Sidebar: The Fourth Trimester: Promising Possibilities through Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Expansion

Carmen M. AvramJonas J. Swartz

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Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars

The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force: Advancing Public Policy to Save Children’s Lives Since 1991

Kella Hatcher

Since 1991, the North Carol...

Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars

We Must Do Better: Addressing High Mortality After Release from Incarceration

Anna BakerEvan A. AshkinDavid L. Rosen

People who are incarcerated...

Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Challenges and Opportunities in Reversing Concerning Trends in Cardiovascular Disease and Life Expectancy
Melanie G. PhelpsManesh R. PatelTiffany Gholston
Cardiovascular disease (CVD...
Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Demystifying ‘Deaths of Despair’: An Interview with Medical Anthropologist Dr. Jennifer J. Carroll
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
Healthy North Carolina 2030...
Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
The Path to Better Cardiovascular Health in North Carolina: An Interview with a Family Physician and Lipidologist
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
Cardiovascular disease remains a major health issue in North Carolina, significantly affecting longevity and health care costs. NCMJ Managing Editor Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips sat down with family physician Dr. Thomas...
Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
Achieving Healthy NC 2030 Goals: Life Expectancy
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
The following is a review of policies related to life expectancy indicators in North Carolina as highlighted by authors in this issue. It is not an endorsement of any policy...
Policy Forum: Columns
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Disparities in Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths and Injuries among North Carolina American Indians
Shana GearyScott ProescholdbellMary E CoxRonny Bell
A Periodic Feature to Infor...
Original Research
County-Level Sociodemographic Factors Associated with COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in North and South Carolina
Nicole KniepThelma AchidiChristy FlynnJyoti GangurMadhura KhotLauren KueiderSoumya MannadiarKamana PokhrelYash RaghuwanshiAparna RajwaniAmanda RotteckNialah SharpShruti ShenoyMackenzie StoneyHaiping WangQian ZhangMichael KorvinkLaura H. Gunn
BACKGROUND There is limited research regarding associations between county-level factors and COVID-19 incidence and mortality. While the Carolinas are geographically connected, they are not homogeneous, with statewide political and intra-state...
Original Research
Better Together: A Descriptive Analysis of a Medical-Legal Partnership in Western North Carolina
Crystal W. CenéElizabeth BuysJustin W. ClarkKathy FoleyValerie TrueJaclyn KigerAnne S. Salter
BACKGROUND The medical-legal partnership (MLP) is an innovative and proven-effective approach to addressing health-harming social needs that have legal remedies (e.g., housing concerns, intimate partner violence). Yet, few MLPs exist...
Original Research
Improving the Continuity of Care for People Living with HIV Experiencing Incarceration in North Carolina Jails: Stakeholder Perspectives
Eric JuengstMara BuchbinderColleen BlueStuart RennieLauren Brinkley-RubinsteinDavid L. Rosen
BACKGROUND Jail detention c...

Vol. 83, Issue 5, 2022 Improving Life Expectancy in North Carolina

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Vol. 83, Issue 5, 2022
Improving Life Expectancy in North Carolina