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Peer-Reviewed Articles
The Administration of Psychotropic Medication to Children Ages 0-4 in North Carolina: An Exploratory Analysis
Alan R. Ellis, MSW
North Carolina Emergency Department Data: January 1, 2007-December 31, 2007
Anna Waller, ScD
Anne Hakenewerth, MS
Judith Tintinalli, MD
Amy Ising, MSIS
Health Reform in
North Carolina
Health Reform. Or Not?
Donald H. Taylor, Jr.
Policy Forum
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Christine Nielsen, MPH
Issue Brief: Prevention for the Health of North Carolina
Jennifer Hastings, MS, MPH
Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH
Jeffrey P. Engel, MD
Robert W. Seligson, MA, MBA
William L. Roper, MD
Berkeley Yorkery, MPP
Jesse Lichstein, MSPH
Kimberly Alexander-Bratcher, MPH
Christine Nielsen, MPH
David Jones, MSPH
Heidi Carter
Catherine Liao
Corey Davis, JD
Pam C. Silberman, JD, DrPH
Mark Holmes, PhD
Commentaries
Prevention Takes Center Stage
Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD
Prevention: A Statewide Perspective
Jeffrey P. Engel, MD
Health Care from a Policy Perspective
Representative Hugh Holliman
Clinicians' Perspectives on Prevention
Tom Bacon, DrPH
Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH
J. Carson Rounds, MD
Ronald Venezie, DDS, MS
The Vital Role Clinicians Play in Fostering Preventive and Health Promoting Behaviors by Patients
Tom Bacon, DrPH
The Role of Pediatricians in Prevention
Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH
I Want to Be a Superior Doctor
J. Carson Rounds, MD
The Role of Dentists in Prevention
Ronald Venezie, DDS, MS
The State Health Plan's Commitment to Prevention: Four Key Strategies to Improve Member Health and Strengthen the Plan
Jack W. Walker, PhD
Anne B. Rogers, RN, MPH
Sally Morton, PharmD
Sidebar: North Carolina is Closing the Gap on Preventive Insurance Coverage
Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD
The Business Case for Employee Health: What We Know and What We Need to Do
Laura A. Linnan, ScD, CHES
The Role of Schools in Prevention
June St. Clair Atkinson, EdD
Paula Hudson Collins, MHDL, RHEd
Poverty's Impact on the Health of North Carolina: The Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
Ronny Bell, PhD, MS
The Long Road to Success: Advocating for Public Policy Change
Pam Seamans
Sidebar: Reducing Tobacco Use in Tobacco Country: North Carolina's Success Story in Lowering Tobacco Use Among Youth
Vandana Shah, LLM
Sally Herndon Malek, MPH
Tom Brown, MEd
Barbara Moeykens, MS
Preventing Diseases and Promoting Health in North Carolina Communities: The North Carolina Prevention Action Plan and Healthy Carolinians
Jeff Spade, FACHE
Departments
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care: Christine Smith, MS
Lindsey E. Haynes
Running the Numbers: The Health and Economic Burden of Chronic Disease in North Carolina
Camillia Easley, MPH
Ruth Petersen, MD, MPH
Mark Holmes, PhD
Philanthropy Profile: Hospital, Heal Thyself: North Carolina Hospitals Make Prevention a Priority to Support Health of their Workforce, Patients, and Communities
Melva Fager Okun, DrPH
Anne Thornhill, MPH
Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD
Spotlight on the Safety Net: Mobile Clinic Market Project
Kimberly Alexander-Bratcher, MPH
Readers' Forum
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