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Scientific Articles
The Prevalence of Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) in Skin Abscesses Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department
David Magilner, MD, MSPH; Marielle Moses Byerly, MD; David M. Cline, MD
Business Policies Affecting Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Siobhan E. Colgan, MPH; Bron Skinner, PhD; Caroline Mage; Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH; Kathryn Kramer, PhD; Julea Steiner, MPH; Ann H. Staples, CHES
Special Commentary
Inclusive Health: North Carolina's High Risk Pool Begins Coverage January 1, 2009
Mark Holmes, PhD
Policy Forum: Healthy Aging in North Carolina
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH; Christine Nielsen, MPH
Issue Brief: Healthy Aging in North Carolina
Janice I. Wassel, PhD
Commentaries
North Carolina's Roadmap for Healthy Aging
Dennis Streets, MPH, MAT, LNHA; Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH;
Tiffany E. Shubert, PhD, MPT
Sidebar: Communities Responding to an Aging Society
Erin Russell, MS
Creating the Good: Americans Aged 50 and Older as Agents for Change
Bonnie Cramer, MSW
One Size Does Not Fit All: Geriatric Health Maintenance in the 21st Century
Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS
Sidebar: Health and the Aging Brain
Kathleen M. Hayden, PhD
Providing Health Care to Aging North Carolinians: Educational Initiatives in Geriatrics
Irene M. Hamrick, MD; Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, APRN, BC, FAANP;
Beth E. Barba, PhD, RN, FAGHE, FAAN
Sidebar: Significance of Post Baccalaureate Training in Gerontology in Promoting Healthy Aging
Sandra Crawford Leak, MHA
Sidebar: North Carolina Gerontology Consortium Continuing Education Initiative
Jim Mitchell, PhD
Immigrant Elders: New Challenges for North Carolina
Sarah Lowman, MPH; Rebecca Hunter, MEd; Swarna Reddy, MA, MS
Sidebar: Eliminating Health Disparities among Native-Born Minority Older Adults
Kathryn A. Lanier, MS
Obesity in Older Adults: A Challenge for North Carolina Health Care Professionals and Policy Makers
Martha L. Taylor, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA; Burgin Ross, MS, RD, LDN;
Carinthia A. Cherry, MS
Keeping Active, Living Longer
William B. Karper, EdD
Sidebar: The North Carolina Senior Games: Celebrating 25 Years of Healthy Aging!
Brad Allen, MA
Designing Spaces for Healthy Aging
Candace A. Roberts, MS, ASID
Addressing the Public Health Issue of Older Adult Falls
Ellen Caylor Schneider, MBA
Creative Retirement: Beneficial for the Patient. What about the Doctor?
Ronald J. Manheimer, PhD
Coda: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD; Carol C. Hogue, RN, PhD, FAAN
Departments
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care
Running the Numbers
Spotlight on the Safety Net
Readers' Forum
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