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Members of our team are often featured in news articles addressing a variety of research topics. Some of these articles are archived below:

December 2023

• Researchers uncover hidden challenges mothers face in the NICU

August 2023

• Alzheimer’s study will look at risks across groups

July 2023:

• Federal legislation increases accommodations for pregnant workers at UNC

June 2023:

• Fractured Q&A: The effectiveness of psychiatric residential treatment facilities

March 2023

• Child deaths, especially from firearms, on the rise in NC, according to new report

February 2023:

• UNC Team partnering to navigate polycystic ovary syndrome

January 2023:

• UNC researchers receive funding for University’s Creativity Hubs Pilot Award Program
• Preconception Health and Birth Defects (Mother-to-Baby Podcast)

August 2022

• Pre-K suspensions and expulsions can have dire effects

April 2022:

• Postpartum Medicaid to be extended for pregnant people to one year after birth
• School faculty ‘laser focused’ on child maltreatment prevention
• The step-parent’s dilemma

December 2022:

• Why home visits are on our minds this holiday season

Our North Carolina Early Home Visiting Landscape Analysis Report is now available.  This landscape study provides the first in-depth analysis of the field of maternal and child health home visiting (HV) in its current form in North Carolina.

Click to learn more about the report, review the maps and landscape of home visiting across North Carolina.