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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 perinatal health inequities requires improving health care, strengthening families and communities, and addressing social, racial, and economic inequities across the life-course.
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Health Equity , Health Planning , Pregnancy , Female , Humans , North Carolina , Racial GroupsABSTRACT
Maternal mortality in North Carolina remains a challenge to families, health systems, and communities. The Maternal Mortality Review Committee is part of the process required to prevent these events. In this commentary, we present an abbreviated description of the 2014-2015 Maternal Mortality Review Committee report, set for publication in December, 2019.
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Maternal Death/prevention & control , Advisory Committees , Female , Humans , Maternal Mortality , North Carolina/epidemiology , PregnancyABSTRACT
Women's wellness spans from childhood into adolescence, through the childbearing period, and into older age. It includes not only wellness issues related to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions but also the consequences of intimate partner violence and mental health issues.Throughout the life course, women's health should be a priority. Healthier women lead to healthier babies, which lead to healthier communities. In addition, when women are connected to the health care system, their families are also more likely to be connected. This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal explores the many aspects of women's health and its many impacts.
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Chronic Disease , Intimate Partner Violence , Mental Health/statistics & numerical data , Women's Health Services , Women's Health , Chronic Disease/epidemiology , Chronic Disease/therapy , Family Health , Female , Humans , Intimate Partner Violence/prevention & control , Intimate Partner Violence/statistics & numerical data , North Carolina , Quality Improvement , Women's Health/standards , Women's Health/statistics & numerical data , Women's Health Services/organization & administration , Women's Health Services/standardsABSTRACT
While North Carolina has made progress in improving perinatal health, much work remains to be done to ensure health for all communities. The state's new perinatal health strategic plan provides an innovative approach that highlights strategies for addressing biomedical, social, and economic inequalities.
