North Carolina Developmental Disability Services and Supports: Steps to System Improvement

CHIS Studies NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Objectives: This study demonstrates serious under-ascertainment of maternal mortality through death certificate reporting alone, and presents selected statistics by cause of death and demographic groups based on an enhanced surveillance method. Methods: All death records for women ages 10-50 were matched to live birth and fetal death files to identify deaths that occurred within one year after ...

SCHS Studies NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Objectives: There is epidemiological evidence that reproductive factors and reproductive hormones are important in the incidence of breast cancer. Previous research has yielded consistent results on the effects of parity (previous births) and estrogen receptor (ER) status on women developing breast cancer. The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and utility of a larger study wit...

SCHS Studies NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Objectives: The objective of this study is to quantify the extent of limited health care access among three risk groups: (1) people with chronic illnesses, (2) those with high-risk behaviors or with high-risk conditions and (3) those who fail to comply with recommended preventive health care practices. Methods: We used 1997-2000 survey data from the North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil...

SCHS Studies NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Objectives: This study compares the prevalence of high neonatal risk among very-low-birth-weight babies (VLBW) referred to North Carolina’s Infant/Toddler Program and those VLBW babies not referred to the program. The study also compares demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of mothers with VLBW babies referred and not referred to the program. Methods: The sample for this study was obta...

Overview of emergency medical services in North Carolina.