Healthcare Regulation and Reform

State programs and efforts by private organizations have reduced North Carolina’s infant mortality rate to its lowest ever, but the state still has a stubborn problem with high levels of black infant mortality.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

This poem was awarded an honorable mention in The Denver Post’s teen essay contest as part of an ongoing Crisis Point project on youth suicide in Colorado.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging