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Tag: Mountain Area Health Education Center

Posted inInfectious Disease

Teletherapy in the Age of COVID-19

by Melba Newsome June 3, 2020June 3, 2020
The Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina may benefit from the ARC's recovery ecosystem model. The area has a quickly growing outbreak of COVID-19
Posted inInfectious Disease

COVID-19 in western NC: Just the tip of the iceberg

by Melba Newsome April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Providers stand around a bed in a training about opioid use disorder at MAHEC in Asheville last year.
Posted inRural Health

Initiative aims to connect patients to addiction treatment by building better networks

by Liora Engel-Smith April 9, 2020April 9, 2020
Dr. Suzanne Dixon is a woman in a black shirt that's standing in the middle of a group of providers in scrubs. She's tasked with thinking about the future of maternity units and maternity care in the mountain region.
Posted inRural Health

When a rural maternity unit closes, alternatives are hard to come by

by Liora Engel-Smith February 24, 2020February 23, 2020
Waynesville Police Chief Bill Hollingsed takes a proactive approach to opioid addiction and overdose in his community.
Posted inSubstance Use

Opioid Epidemic Inundating Public Health, Foster Care Systems

by Carolina Public Press May 16, 2018September 19, 2022
photo shows two women, one is holding a little baby and the other woman is gently handing the baby to the other woman.
Posted inGender health

NC’s maternal mortality strategy relies on ‘medical homes’

by Pew Trusts December 26, 2017October 3, 2022

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