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New Study Shows Race, Neighborhood, Income Affect Availability of Single Cigarettes

November 3, 2015
A new study from the 黑料网 Family Medicine Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) finds that where an individual lives may impact their access to cheap or improperly marketed tobacco. Published in the Center for Disease Control鈥檚 Preventing Chronic Disease journal, the study by Joseph G.L. Lee, PhD, MPH; Hannah...

Shaken baby prevention effort reduces crying-related calls to nurse advice line

October 26, 2015
The study found no reduction in state-level rates of abusive head trauma (AHT) or 鈥渟haken baby syndrome.鈥� Dr. Adam Zolotor from 黑料网 Family Medicine is lead author of the article published on October 26, 2015 in JAMA Pediatrics. A new evaluation of a statewide shaken baby prevention effort found that...

黑料网 Family Medicine Partners with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Triangle on Healthy Child Initiative

September 28, 2015
On Saturday, September 19, 2015 a team from 黑料网 Family Medicine worked alongside staff and volunteers from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Triangle to provide an array of health related services to children, mentors, and families who attended the annual back to school picnic. More than 175 people...

黑料网 Family Medicine Part of Collaborative Receiving Large Award to Reduce Health Disparities in Rural South

September 28, 2015
Researchers from 黑料网 Family Medicine, in partnership with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and East Carolina University, were awarded more than $9 million to study ways to improve blood pressure in the rural south. Minorities, low-income individuals, and those living in rural areas suffer more than...