scholarly journals COVID-19 Vaccine Administration, by Race and Ethnicity — North Carolina, December 14, 2020–April 6, 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (28) ◽  
pp. 991-996
Author(s):  
Charlene A. Wong ◽  
Shannon Dowler ◽  
Amanda Fuller Moore ◽  
Erin Fry Sosne ◽  
Hayley Young ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Vaccine Administration

scholarly journals Environmental justice concerns and the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline route in North Carolina

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Wraight ◽  
Julia Hofmann ◽  
Justine Allpress ◽  
Brooks Depro
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Social Vulnerability Index ◽  
Pipeline Route ◽  
Ethnicity Data

This report describes publicly available data sets and quantitative analysis that local communities can use to evaluate environmental justice concerns associated with pipeline projects. We applied these data and analytical methods to two counties in North Carolina (Northampton and Robeson counties) that would be affected by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). We compared demographic and vulnerability characteristics of census blocks, census block groups, and census tracts that lie within 1 mile of the proposed pipeline route with corresponding census geographies that lie outside of the 1-mile zone. Finally, we present results of a county-level analysis of race and ethnicity data for the entire North Carolina segment of the proposed ACP route. Statistical analyses of race and ethnicity data (US Census Bureau) and Social Vulnerability Index scores (University of South Carolina’s Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute) yielded evidence of significant differences between the areas crossed by the pipeline and reference geographies. No significant differences were found in our analyses of household income and cancer risk data.

scholarly journals Emerging and Continuing Trends in Opioid Overdose Decedent Characteristics during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian-Gabriel P. Garcia ◽  
Erin Stringfellow ◽  
Catherine DiGennaro ◽  
Nicole Poellinger ◽  
Jaden Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Opioid Overdose ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Overdose Death ◽  
Overdose Deaths

Background: Since COVID-19 erupted in the United States, little is known about how state-level opioid overdose trends and decedent characteristics have varied throughout the country. Objective: Investigate changes in annual overdose death rates, substances involved, and decedent demographics in opioid overdose deaths across nine states; assess whether 2019-2020 trends were emerging (i.e., change from 2019-2020 was non-existent from 2018-2019) or continuing (i.e., change from 2019-2020 existed from 2018-2019). Design: Cross-sectional study using vital statistics data to conduct a retrospective analysis comparing 2020 to 2019 and 2019 to 2018 across nine states. Setting: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wyoming. Participants: Opioid-related overdose deaths in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Measurements: Annual overdose death rate, proportion of overdose deaths involving specific substances, and decedent demographics (age, sex, race, and ethnicity). Results: We find emerging increases in annual opioid-related overdose death rates in Alaska (55.3% [P=0.020]), Colorado (80.2% [P<0.001]), Indiana (40.1% [P=0.038]), North Carolina (30.5% [P<0.001]), and Rhode Island (29.6% [P=0.011]). Decreased heroin-involved overdose deaths were emerging in Alaska (-49.5% [P=0.001]) and Indiana (-58.8% [P<0.001]), and continuing in Colorado (-33.3% [P<0.001]), Connecticut (-48.2% [P<0.001]), Massachusetts (39.9% [P<0.001]), and North Carolina (-34.8% [P<0.001]). Increases in synthetic opioid presence were emerging in Alaska (136.5% [P=0.019]) and Indiana (27.6% [P<0.001]), and continuing in Colorado (44.4% [P<0.001]), Connecticut (3.6% [P<0.05]), and North Carolina (14.6% [P<0.001]). We find emerging increases in the proportion of male decedents in Colorado (15.2% [P=0.008]) and Indiana (12.0% [P=0.013]). Limitations: Delays from state-specific death certification processes resulted in varying analysis periods across states. Conclusion: These findings highlight emerging changes in opioid overdose dynamics across different states, which can inform state-specific public health interventions.

Between ‘Savage Man’ and ‘Most Faithful Englishman’ Manteo and the Early Anglo-Indian Exchange, 1584–1590

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
One Year ◽  
Anglo Indian

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.

Supervision: Supervision and Clinical Practicum in Telepractice

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Crutchley
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Support Personnel ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

This article describes how a telepractice pilot project was used as a vehicle to train first-year graduate clinicians in speech-language pathology. To date, six graduate clinicians have been trained in the delivery of telepractice at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Components of telepractice training are described and the benefits and limitations of telepractice as part of clinical practicum are discussed. In addition, aspects of training support personnel involved in telepractice are outlined.

Use of the AMA Guides in State Workers' Compensation Systems: 2009 Update

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham ◽  
Jenny Walker
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Specific Guideline ◽  
Compensation Systems

Abstract The AMAGuides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) is the most widely used basis for determining impairment and is used in state workers’ compensation systems, federal systems, automobile casualty, and personal injury, as well as by the majority of state workers’ compensation jurisdictions. Two tables summarize the edition of the AMA Guides used and provide information by state. The fifth edition (2000) is the most commonly used edition: California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington. Eleven states use the sixth edition (2007): Alaska, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Wyoming. Eight states still commonly make use of the fourth edition (1993): Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, South Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia. Two states use the Third Edition, Revised (1990): Colorado and Oregon. Connecticut does not stipulate which edition of the AMA Guides to use. Six states use their own state specific guidelines (Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin), and six states do not specify a specific guideline (Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Virginia). Statutes may or may not specify which edition of the AMA Guides to use. Some states use their own guidelines for specific problems and use the Guides for other issues.

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