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Fewer NC children dying at the hands of a parent or caregiver, new report shows

NC Health News

NC Health News reached out to officials at Fort Liberty, who initially agreed to be interviewed after reading the report. More Coverage of Children’s Health What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year. They’re not a problem group, he said.

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Honoring the 2025 AMCHP Annual Award Recipients

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Region VII Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska Monica Goedken, MPA Monica Goedken is the Violence Prevention Coordinator and Rape Prevention and Education Program Director with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Together, KBJS is transforming the future of reproductive health in Kansas.

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New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response

Big Cities Health Coalition

A lot of decisions about health policy and practice get made based on epidemiological data. The paucity of injury and violence prevention epidemiologists is especially striking, as unintentional injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States.