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Tag: Community Health

Living Healthy Open House illustrates the power of peer support

September 30, 2016
UNC Family Medicine hosted a Living Healthy Open House for more than 40 alumni of the program! The event was a time of celebration and learning for people in our community who live with chronic disease as well as their caregivers. During the event held last month, Gloria Gilchrist and...

UNC Family Medicine Partners with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Triangle on Healthy Child Initiative

September 28, 2015
On Saturday, September 19, 2015 a team from UNC Family Medicine worked alongside staff and volunteers from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Triangle to provide an array of health related services to children, mentors, and families who attended the annual back to school picnic. More than 175 people...

UNC Family Medicine Part of Collaborative Receiving Large Award to Reduce Health Disparities in Rural South

September 28, 2015
Researchers from UNC Family Medicine, in partnership with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and East Carolina University, were awarded more than $9 million to study ways to improve blood pressure in the rural south. Minorities, low-income individuals, and those living in rural areas suffer more than...