North Carolina
Health and Social Services Information
NC Health Info
Offers access to web sites of local health services, providers and programs serving residents of North Carolina.
A MEDLINEplus local information source.
Contents
State Health Offices & Departments • Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Health Statistics • Medical and Nursing Schools • Medical Centers/Hospitals
Social Services - Work First, Medicaid, Family Services, etc.
State and Guilford County Health Offices and Departments
Department of Health and Human Services - Topic Index to DHHS
Services for: Health - Children, Youth - Families & Adults - Older Adults -
People With Disabilities - F.A.Q.
- Links to the following Divisions:
- Division of Aging - including a Residents' Rights site for nursing home and adult care home residents, along with a Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.
- Division of Services for the Blind
- Division of Child Development
- Office of Citizen Services
- Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
- Office of Economic Opportunity
- Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Division of Health Service Regulation
- Governor Morehead School for the Blind
- Division of Medical Assistance - Medicaid
- Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services
- Division of Public Health
- Smart Start
- Division of Social Services
- Vital Records Branch (Birth Certificates, etc.)
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
NC Assistive Technology Program
- This program is funded by the Federal Government as well as the State. It provides assistive technology services to people of all ages and abilities
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
- Links to the following information: Annual Reports (currently only 1992), Staff Directory, Document Request Service (ie: autopsy reports!), Contact Information, and a Training Program in Forensic Pathology.
North Carolina Board of Nursing - Nursing education, licensure, practice, rules and many other publications and information sources for nurses in North Carolina:
- Licensure Verification
- Nursing Licensure/Listing
- Nurse Licensure Compact Information
- Complaints/Consumer Protection
- Nursing Practice
- Education - Includes Approved Nursing Programs if you mouse over "Education" on the sidebar
- Legislative Activities
- Proposed Rule Changes
- Nursing Practice Act
- Badge Law and Exceptions
- RN Rules
- LPN Rules
- Nurses Aides Rules
- Rules for CNMs, CRNAs, CNSs, and NPs
- Statistics - Currently Licensed RNs
- Statistics - Currently Licensed LPNs
- Statistics - Currently Licensed NAIIs
- Statistics - RNs and LPNs by County
- Statistics - NCLEX RN Pass Summary Results
- Statistics - NCLEX LPN Pass Summary Results
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
- Represents the public interest in an advisory capacity on health-related public policy issues, including a NC Consumer’s Guide to Health Insurance Selection site.
- Links to reports available online
Advanced Health Care Directive Registry
- Provides information about and the forms for advanced health care directives, such as living wills and organ donations
Guilford County Department of Public Health
- Including their Health Facts A-Z and Health Statistics sites, Immunization Unit, Child Health and Adult Health and Environmental Health divisions, as well as their Health and Wellness and News sites.
North Carolina Health Choice for Children
Census Data about Health Insurance
~ Contents ~
Health Statistics
North Carolina Center for Health Statistics-Home Page
- SCHS Health Statisics
- Links to North Carolina Vital Statistics, Infant Mortality Statistics (a searchable database), Vital Facts About Life in North Carolina, Detailed Mortality Statistics, Cancer Incidence & Mortality Rates and The North Carolina Pocket Guide, most of which include COUNTY LEVEL statistics!
- Epidemiology/EPI Notes - The most recent issue of EPI Notes is available online and gives the most current epidemiologic data for the state.
- North Carolina Health Atlas - The North Carolina Health Atlas contains maps of North Carolina that depict county level health and health-related information.
- North Carolina County Health Data Book - All data from the County Data Book that are available in electronic format are available for download from the web. The EXCEL worksheets for each main area are contained in one Excel 97 workbook. Click on the links provided to download the files to your computer hard drive, a floppy diskette, or your Desktop computer location. Note - Some worksheets in each workbook contain more than one topic
- SCHS Publications by Topic
- Includes data from the Community Diagnosis County Health Data Book , North Carolina Provisional Infant and Child Death Report, and Detailed Mortality Statistics, North Carolina Residents. Most publications will include COUNTY LEVEL data
~ Contents ~
Schools of Medicine and Nursing
UNC-Greensboro School of Nursing
- Information about the UNCG School of Nursing Programs and useful guides to nursing resources on the internet.
- Internet host for the NC League for Nursing
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Duke University's School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy
Many community colleges in North Carolina offer various degrees and/or diplomas related to the medical field, such as the individual programs near UNCG, at:
Forsyth Technical Community College
Davidson County Community College
Randolph Community College
Guilford Technical Community College
~ Contents ~
Medical Centers & Hospitals
Group Homes, Hospice, and other Facilities locations
- Greensboro area
- Community Outreach
- Community health programs
~ Contents ~
Social Services
Department of Health and Human Services
- Includes links to all subdivisions, a topical index, and Frequently Asked Questions
Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
- This site offers much information about Medicare and it also contains a very detailed nursing home comparison for nursing homes in any area
Division of Medical Assistance
- This division manages Medicaid and the North Carolina Health Care for Children Program
NC State's Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Program
- The program offers informative help with Family Resource Management, Food and Nutrition, Health, Housing, Human Development, and Leadership Development.
- Site from the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services. Find child care centers and their quality ratings quickly and easily.
Frequently asked questions about Smart Start
Related Sites
United States Health Information ~ International Health Information
North Carolina Census Data
Disclaimer of Liability: This site is provided as a public service by Jackson Library. While the information on this site concerns sources of medical and health information, it is NOT medical advice or practice! Because of the rapidly changing nature of medical information, and our reliance upon many outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee of the accuracy or reliability of information contained herein or at other sites to which we link. We assume absolutely NO responsibility for any information, advice or services provided by any site to which we link.
~ Contents ~
Have a government information question?
Email us or call us at (336) 334-5251 or 334-5419
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/docs/nc/nc_health.asp
