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Improving Oral Health
Poor oral health can result in lower quality of life and poor health outcomes. It can negatively impact self-esteem, employability and the ability to learn. The Duke Endowment seeks to improve the oral health delivery system throughout North Carolina and South Carolina to ensure every adult and child has access to essential dental services.
Improving Population Health
As the United States advances value-based payment methodology, the Health Care program area is building capacity at the state, regional and local level to link government, health, and social services so that Carolinians have the opportunity to increase healthy behaviors and address their social needs.
School-Based Mental Health
Consistent with national statistics, North Carolina and South Carolina have seen children's mental health reach emergency levels. Our Health Care program partners with schools to support innovative, systems-based approaches to mental health that help ensure all children are healthy and ready to learn.
Philanthropy as the South’s Passing Gear: Fulfilling the Promise
The report highlights the value of The Duke Endowment’s “Pay for Success” partnership with Nurse-Family Partnership and the state of South Carolina.
Executive Summary: Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in North Carolina
Study Shows Significantly Fewer Very Pre-Term Births and Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit (NICU) Admissions Among Nurse-Family Partnership Participants.
Full Report: Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in North Carolina
Study Shows Significantly Fewer Very Pre-Term Births and Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit (NICU) Admissions Among Nurse-Family Partnership Participants.
Family Finding Evaluations: A Summary of Recent Findings
Assessing the impact of locating relatives of children in foster care.
Executive Summary: Thriving Rural Communities Initiative Summative Evaluation Report
Examining the benefits of fostering leadership for rural congregations.
Full Report: Thriving Rural Communities Initiave Summative Evaluation Report
Examining the benefits of fostering leadership for rural congregations.
Full Report: A Rigorous Evaluation of Family Finding in North Carolina
Assessing the impact of locating relatives of children in foster care.
Executive Summary: A Rigorous Evaluation of Family Finding in North Carolina
Assessing the impact of locating relatives of children in foster care.
Use of a Randomized Multiple Baseline Design: Rationale and Design of the Spirited Life Holistic Health Intervention Study
Evaluating intervention components of a program to improve clergy health.
