Climate Change and Public Health through the Lens of Rural, Eastern North Carolina

Abstract

The Eastern region of North Carolina (ENC-41, defined as the 41 counties that make up the coastal plain, located east of Interstate 95) is characteristically vulnerable to climate

What is a rural opioid risk and policy environment?

“…The smallness of places and scarcity of services for all kinds of basic needs compound drug use stigma. High rates of disability coupled with poverty in rural areas impacted by the opioid epidemic mean that people with other chronic conditions also struggle to afford adequate health care, and may resent resources devoted to OUD (Kearney, Jones, Bell, Swinker & Allen, 2018).…”

Health and the Environment in North Carolina

“…Health professionals are vital to identifying and treating such impacts, but also to serving as trusted authorities in educating and acting to protect communities against climate health threats. Dr. Greg Kearney of East Carolina University provides an original article on this topic titled Climate Change and Public Health through the Lens of Rural, Eastern North Carolina [18]. Also in the theme of global and environmental health, the impact of climate change on North Carolina's health, particularly regarding natural disasters, is described by Lauren Thie, environmental program consultant at the North Carolina Division of Public Health, and Kimberly Thigpen Tart, health science policy analyst at the NIEHS [19].…”

Institutional and Faculty Partnerships to Promote Learner Preparedness for Health Professions Education

“…Overcoming contributors to the STEM pipeline leak in North Carolina would require developing processes to control the geographic disadvantage, whereby resources are unequally distributed across the state. This disadvantage is especially compounded in the eastern part of the state, due to low socioeconomic status of residents, health inequities, rurality, and poorer health status [15,16].…”