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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Weve lost a lot of health care access points, Bagley said, noting the 2023 closing of Martin General Hospital in neighboring Martin County. The states biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2023 showed that about a third of middle and high school students report feeling sad or hopeless.

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Convening Healthcare Leaders for Improved Physical and Behavioral Health Outcomes: Highlights From The Grove

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billion between 2021 and 2023 to a total of $839 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of the average hospital’s expenses. At the same time, hospitals’ labor costs increased by more than $42.5 We see common trends across individual care journeys.

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January 16, 2025

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Our partnership began in early 2022 with AMCHPs provision of administrative support to NBDPNs board, committees, and workgroups, as well as cataloging Standard Operating Procedures, initiating strategic planning efforts, and co-leading the 2023 NBDPN Conference. Learn more about this opportunity. Register now.

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Patient brokers prey on those struggling with addiction; new campaign works to stop them

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione Michael Roberts went to treatment for substance use disorder 26 times. This often turned into a cycle, Roberts said, encouraging someone to misuse substances until they died. North Carolina made patient brokering a felony with the Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023.

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NC addiction treatment programs partner to reduce maternal deaths from substance use

NC Health News

Others are not identified as having a substance use disorder because of poor screening or because they skip health care appointments for fear of being stigmatized for their substance use. Six perinatal substance use disorder programs across the state are on a mission to change that.

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Three rural NC counties map out paths to reducing overdose deaths

NC Health News

More than 4,440 overdose-related deaths were reported across the state in 2023, with rural counties accounting for about 41 percent of the toll. Edgecombe had one of the states highest rates of death by overdose relative to its population in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available from the N.C.

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Wilson County installs naloxone kiosks to fight opioid overdose deaths

NC Health News

These kiosks also contain information about recovery services for substance use disorder and testing strips that can be used to check illicit drugs for deadly substances such as fentanyl. More than 220 lives were lost to overdose in Wilson County from 2013 to 2023, according to data from the N.C.