Child Health and Healthcare

2008 New Directions for North Carolina: A Report of the NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention Update
2008 Update

2005 New Directions for North Carolina: A Report of the NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention
Final Report

The Task Force on Child Abuse was a collaborative effort led by Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to create strategies for developing a statewide child maltreatment prevention system with the capacity to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in North Carolina. The Task Force, which began in October of 2004 and continued for 9 months, was generously supported by a grant from The Duke Endowment. Co-chaired by the Honorable Carmen Hooker Odom, Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services, and Marian Earls, MD, FAAP, the director of Guilford Child Health, Inc, the Task Force focused on six areas of child maltreatment prevention: initiating statewide leadership, developing measurement tools, creating a culture that supports families, identifying evidence-based and promising practices, instituting systems changes, and maximizing funding opportunities.

NC Health Choice: 2003
Final Repor t

In September of 2002, the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Carmen Hooker Odom, asked the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to convene a task force to study options to ensure the long-term financial viability of the NC Health Choice program given the current fiscal constraints of the state budget. The Task Force was asked to explore different options, including changes in enrollment, benefits, utilization, and professional reimbursement rates. The NC General Assembly specifically charged the Task Force with examining health professional reimbursement rates under this program.

Comprehensive Child Health Plan: 2000-2005
Final Report
Executive Summary

In the Spring of 1999, the then Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ( NC DHHS), the Honorable H. David Bruton, MD, asked the NC IOM to convene a statewide task force to assist the DHHS in formulating a comprehensive child health plan to ensure that all children reached their maximum health potential. The Comprehensive Child Health Plan, published in May 2000, is the result of ten months' research and inquiry. The Plan serves as an on-going template for program planning and evaluation within both public and private sectors related to the health and well being of North Carolina's children.

North Carolina Child Health Report Card
2007
2006
2005
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2003
2002
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1999
1998
1997

The purpose of this annual publication is to heighten awareness of the health of our children by summarizing data on important child health indicators. The NC IOM produces the Report Card to assist health administrators, legislators, and child and family advocates in their efforts to improve the health and safety of children statewide.