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Research ArticlePOLICIES & PROGRAMS – INVITED COMMENTARY

The Impact of Advocacy Efforts to Improve the Care and Treatment of Incarcerated Pregnant People in North Carolina

Velma V. Taormina, Megan Canady and A. Kerianne Crockett
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022, 83 (1) 29-32; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.1.29
Velma V. Taormina
Women’s health consultant and president, North Carolina Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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Megan Canady
Research associate, UNC Chapel Hill Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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A. Kerianne Crockett
Obstetrician gynecologist and clinical assistant professor, ECU Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina.
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