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North Carolina Center for Health Statistics

Contact Information
State Center for Health Statistics
Cotton Classing Building
1908 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1908
Telephone: (919) 733-4728
Fax: (919) 733-8485

Web:
http://www.schs.state.
nc.us/SCHS/

The State Center is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating timely, comprehensive, and accurate health statistics. We also administer the state's vital records functions, such as registration of birth certificates. We collect health data on births, deaths, marriages, cancer, teen pregnancies, and on other health topics and populations. Once analyzed, the health data become available through publications and journal articles, presentations, their web site, and their information office. Their collections of vital records and statistical information are being used to help public health programs target their resources and address the possible causes of health problems from infant mortality to childhood lead poisoning needs of those populations most at risk for certain diseases from diabetes to hepatitis effectiveness of health services health of communities across the state

Site features information on birth certificates, health statistics, publications, and related links.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Contact Information
Adams Building
101 Blair Drive
Raleigh, NC 27699-2001
Telephone: 919-733-4534
Fax: 919-715-4645

Web:
http://www.dhhs.
state.nc.us/

The mission of the department is to provide comprehensive and coordinated services for prevention, intervention, assistance, education, and empowerment; ensure equal access to services; be accountable for achieving meaningful results; continuously improve service delivery by involving citizens; and support and develop employees as diverse, invaluable resources.
NC Division of Public Health

Contact Information
1330 St. Mary's Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-1916
Telephone: (919) 733-3816

Web:
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dph/
Public health is a network of essential services working together to protect and improve North Carolinian's health and to make communities safe and healthy places in which to live. Public and private health care providers, agencies and organizations are partners in this ongoing effort.
North Carolina Health Access Coalition

Contact Information:
PO Box 28068, Raleigh, NC 27611-8068
Phone: 919-856-2568, fax: 919-856-2175

Email:
health@ncjustice.org
Web:
http://www.ncjustice.
org/health/

The North Carolina Health Access Coalition is a group of citizens and consumer organizations concerned about health care in North Carolina. The Coalition's goal is to help consumers become forceful participants in the health policy debate in order to ensure that every person in North Carolina has affordable, accessible and high quality health care services that meet their basic health needs
Mobile Health Outreach, Inc.Health Advocates for Older People, Inc.

Contact Information
4308 Iola Dr
Charlotte, NC 28269
Telephone: (704) 597-0046
Fax: (704) 597-1398

Email:
info@mobilehealth.org
Web:
http://www.mobilehealth.org
Mobile Health Outreach's mission is to SAVE LIVES by providing breast imaging services to low-income, rural, elderly, minority, uninsured and other medically undeserved populations.
Poe Health Education

Contact Information
224 Sunnybrook Rd
Raleigh, NC 27610
Telephone: (919) 231-4006
Fax: (919) 231-4315

Email:
info@poehealth.org
Web:
http://www.poehealth.org
The Alice Aycock Poe Center For Health Education was founded in November 1991 by the Wake County Chapter of the N.C. Medical So Alliance to provide health education programs in central NC.
Hope Clinic

Contact Information
PO Box 662
Oriental, NC 28571-0662
Telephone: (252) 745-5760
Fax: (252) 745-5734

Email:
marnym@coastalnet.com
HOPE Clinic provides free health care for low-income, un-and underinsured adults.
Charlotte Observer Online

Contact Information
Karen Garloch-Health
Telephone: (704) 358-5000

Email:
kgarloch@
charlotteobserver.com

Web:
http://www.charlotte.com/
observer/health/

Online health section of the Charlotte Observer. Site features health news, information directories, and resources.
North Carolina Health Services Directory

Josh Hartford
Telephone: (919) 968-0178
Fax (919) 967-0356

Email:
welljosh@bellsouth.net
Web:
http://www.nchealth.com
The North Carolina Health Services Directory offers detailed, comprehensive descriptions of medical and dental practices, and of many other health-care clinicians, as well as veterinarians, health-related businesses, non-profit health-related organizations, and a calendar of health events. Our goal is to create a useful resource for consumers of health-care services. Site features a directory of health care professionals, a section on hospitals, service organizations, clinical studies, a calendar of evens, information on health and healing, and a collection of articles.
North Carolina Health Access Coalition

P.O. Box 28068
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919/856-2568
Fax: 919/856-2175

Email:
health@ncjustice.org
Web:
www.ncjustice.org/
health

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