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Direct linkArcury, Thomas A.; Preisser, John S.; Gesler, Wilbert M.; Powers, James M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Access to transportation to transverse the large distances between residences and health services in rural settings is a necessity. However, little research has examined directly access to transportation in analyses of rural health care utilization. This analysis addresses the association of transportation and health care utilization in a rural…
Descriptors: Transportation, Health Services, Rural Areas, Multivariate Analysis
Taylor, Steven D. – School Administrator, 2005
Big dreams often start small. For the Wayne County Public Schools in eastern North Carolina, those dreams started with the vision to improve adolescent health care at school. Now seven years later, the system is proud to operate five full-time school-based health centers, which have contributed to a decline in teen-age pregnancies and an increase…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Counties, Child Health, School Health Services
Download full textNorth Carolina Child Advocacy Inst., Raleigh. – 1994
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 indicators of well-being: (1) infant mortality rate; (2) infants born with low birth weight; (3) births to single teens; (4) children without insurance; (5) ninth graders who graduate; (6) high school dropout…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Haggerty, Joann H. – 2001
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children. The statistical portrait is based on 20 key indicators of child well-being: (1) infant mortality; (2) low birth weight infants; (3) births to teens; (4) births to mothers with early prenatal care; (5) child deaths; (6) regulated child care enrollment;…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
North Carolina Child Advocacy Inst., Raleigh. – 1995
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 indicators of well-being: (1) infant mortality rate; (2) infants born with low birth weight; (3) births to single teens; (4) children without insurance; (5) high school dropout rate; (6) SAT scores; (7) high…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Haggerty, Joann H. – 2002
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children. The statistical portrait is based on 22 selected key indicators representing background demographics, economic, educational, health, and social well-being: (1) children poverty rate; (2) TANF recipients; (3) children in families receiving food stamps;…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
North Carolina Child Advocacy Inst., Raleigh. – 1998
This Kids Count report examines county and statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children from the 1970s through the 1990s. The statistical portrait is based on 40 indicators of well-being in five categories: (1) demographics; (2) physical well-being, including infant mortality rate and percent low birth weight; (3) intellectual…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
