by Tom Peterson | Aug 22, 2017 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Stories, NC Way, population health north carolina
Three statewide Baptist organizations are taking a different approach by teaming up to combat some of the region’s health challenges Photo: Leland Kerr and Anita Holmes By Les Gura By nearly every economic measure — household income, employment, average wage —...
by Tom Peterson | Aug 10, 2017 | FaithHealth Reflection, NC Way, population health north carolina
By Gary Gunderson Accelerate and deepen the NC Way How might one accelerate and deepen the NC Way? After all, despite all its assets, North Carolina is not much better off in terms of most health indicators than its deep-South cousins. We have mostly up to go. Mainly,...
by Tom Peterson | Aug 9, 2017 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Reflection, NC Way, population health north carolina
This is the 2nd of a three-part series, The NC Way Click HERE for Part 1 By Gary Gunderson What would you hope for? If you were a loving God or thought like one, what would your hopes be for this odd and wonderful rainbow of nearly 10 million people as...
by Tom Peterson | Aug 8, 2017 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Reflection, population health north carolina
This is the first of a three-part series, The NC Way By Gary Gunderson The way things work in North Carolina is as distinctive as its barbecue, basketball or how its people practice their faith—not that what happens to pigs and jump shots isn’t religion, too....
by Tom Peterson | Jul 27, 2017 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Resources, population health north carolina
CNN recently featured an effective drug rehabilitation initiative in Nashville, a small North Carolina of 5,400. Nashville’s HOPE program is “modeled after the innovative ‘Angel’ program in Gloucester, Massachusetts, which opens the way for...
by Tom Peterson | Jul 20, 2017 | FaithHealth Community, FaithHealth Resources, population health north carolina
Click HERE for the magazine pdf. Stakeholder Health’s latest online magazine is now available. Hospitals & Housing First explores the history of the housing first movement across the United States, including in Charlotte, North Carolina. It looks at...