Hospitals Adopting New Policies Quickly A culinary competition in To help hospitals in North Carolina and South Carolina improve the health of employees and visitors, The Duke Endowment has awarded grants to promote tobacco-free campuses, improve nutrition standards and practices, and help employees and patients quit tobacco use. InsightsNorth Carolina and South Carolina hospitals have embraced efforts to achieve new, higher standards for maintaining tobacco-free environments and offering more nutritious food choices on their campuses. We invite others to use these findings as a starting point for their own efforts. Providing Support for Tobacco CessationElements of success for hospitals becoming tobacco-free include:
Improving NutritionAs part of its work with hospitals in North Carolina, NC Prevention Partners has identified the five principles of a Healthy Food Environment:
As hospitals make healthier choices more available and affordable, their progress is shown on a public map(pdf) that recognizes hospitals in several stages of moving toward healthier foods.  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (left) honored NC Prevention Partners with a national health innovation award.ImpactSince July 2009, NC Prevention Partners work with North Carolina hospitals has led to:
In South Carolina, two hospitals have met the Gold Star standard and eight hospitals have been recognized as Centers of Excellence. Contact Us
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Improving Standards
The Gold Star recognizes hospitals for providing the highest standard of excellence for tobacco cessation programs.
Better Choices for Nutrition
Offering more selection and better prices for healthy food options helps visitors and employees eat right.
Smoking Cessation
Hospitals are helping patients, visitors and employees quit smoking through a tobacco cessation system.
