Table of Contents

POLICY FORUM

• INTRODUCTION

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    Health Policy Gets Personal

    Peter J. Morris

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.237

• ISSUE BRIEF

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    Shifting Loci of Responsibility Upstream to Advance Healthy Behavior and Equity

    Carrie Rosario

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 238-243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.238

• INVITED COMMENTARIES AND SIDEBARS

  • Data & Trends

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      Evidence-Based Point-of-Sale Policies to Reduce Youth Tobacco Use in North Carolina

      Sarah M. Halvorson-Fried, Alexandria E. Reimold, Sarah D. Mills and Kurt M. Ribisl

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 244-248; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.244
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      Swimming Upstream: Addressing Racial Disparities in Teen Births in North Carolina

      Kia Thacker, Ashley S. Jackson and Bianka M. Reese

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 249-252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.249

  • Policies & Programs

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      Excise Taxes as a Policy Lever for Reaching Healthy North Carolina 2030 Targets

      Shelley D. Golden, Shu Wen Ng and Pamela J. Trangenstein

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 253-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.253
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      History and Future of Harm Reduction in North Carolina: Pragmatism and Innovation

      Nabarun Dasgupta

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 257-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.257
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      Addressing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in North Carolina

      Mariann Yount and Derek Wilson

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 261-263; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.261

  • Outcomes

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      PrEP Uptake in North Carolina: Innovative Strategies for Reducing Barriers

      Amanda E. Tanner and Scott D. Rhodes

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 264-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.264
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      Sidebar: Partnership Between Black Faith Leaders and HIV/AIDS Communities Can Foster Change

      Allison Mathews, Warren Campbell, William Boyce, Marcus Hawley, Demi McCoy and Shonda Jones

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 266-268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.266
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      Advancing Commercial Tobacco Control and Health Equity Through Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change

      Sally Herndon, Jim Martin, Joyce Swetlick, Stephanie Gans, Courtney Heck, Ann H. Staples, Karen Caldwell, Luanna McCraw, Ray Riordan and Juliana Wilson

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 270-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.270

  • Interview

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      Stewarding Opioid Settlement Funds with Transparency and Equity: An Interview with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein

      Carrie Rosario

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 275-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.275

  • Lived Experiences

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      The Death Toll is Too High to Ignore: Caring About the Health of All People, Including Those Who Use Drugs

      Louise Vincent

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 278-279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.278

  • COVID Reflections

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      Impact of COVID-19 on Excessive Alcohol Use in North Carolina

      Sara McEwen

      North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 280-283; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.280

• POLICY REVIEW

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    Achieving Healthy NC 2030 Goals: Health Behaviors

    Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 284-287; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.284

• ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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    Increasing North Carolina’s Workforce Capacity for Prescribing Buprenorphine Products

    Ana Cabello-De la Garza, Chase Harless, Bayla Ostrach and Blake Fagan

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 288-293; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.288
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    Temporal Changes in Treatment Patterns for Rural and Urban Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Joshua Herb, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Vaibhav Kumar, Benjamin Wu, Mark Holmes, Jennifer Lund, Katie Reeder-Hayes, Chris Baggett, Ashley Weiner, Gita Mody and Karyn Stitzenberg

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 294-303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.294
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    North Carolina’s Changing Energy Generation Profile and Reductions in Key Air Pollutants, 2000–2019

    Adrien A. Wilkie, David B. Richardson, Thomas J. Luben, Marc L. Serre, Courtney G. Woods and Julie L. Daniels

    North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 304-310; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.304