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Tag: Child Fatality Prevention Team

shows children looking frightened as they tumble down a slide
Posted inChildren's Health

Advocates See Potential for Child Death Prevention in Connecting State Data

by Rose Hoban December 11, 2018November 13, 2019

By Rose Hoban Any time a child dies it’s a tragedy, but in 2017, 1,313 children younger than 17 in North Carolina died. For each of those tragedies, local and state health officials, medical examiners and child health experts review the circumstances around each child’s death in an attempt to learn how to prevent the […]

shows, from behind, a young boy holding up a firearm/ gun. No gun locks in sight.
Posted inPublic Health

A Push to Lock Up Guns In NC Homes

by Catherine Clabby April 16, 2018May 26, 2022
Abandoned child's toy, child welfare failure
Posted inChildren's Health

Child Death Stats Show Family Members Are Often the Culprit

by Thomas Goldsmith February 7, 2018January 23, 2019
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Healthcare Workers, Public Health

Advocates Plan Push For Paid Maternity Leave

by Rose Hoban November 9, 2016November 9, 2016

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