Category: Health Humanities

Maternal Mortality Rates in Appalachia

  Maternal-fetal medicine manages the prevention and treatment of health issues concerning the mother and the child before, during, and after pregnancy. Maternal health is essential in identifying and targeting health risks in women...

AIDS in the Black Communities of North Carolina

  Hello, my name is Kelly Chong. Today, I will be presenting “AIDS in the Black communities of North Carolina”. Wangari Maathai, the first African women Nobel Peace Prize winner, once claimed that HIV...

Isolation at Will: Five Hours in Emergency Psychiatry

  Abstract Graham Burri writes about his shadowing experience in UNC’s Psychiatric Ward. He profiles two individuals who are making extended stays in the ward, highlighting the benefits that come from their treatment.  ...

White Cloud Over the UNC Main Emergency Department

  Abstract Michelle Zheng runs through a standard four hour graveyard shift at the UNC E.D. She focuses on the relationship between the nurses in the Department, offering insight into how they pass the...

New Understanding Within UNC Psychiatric Emergency

  Abstract Kendall Barbour spent time shadowing the nurses and physicians in the Psychiatric E.R. at UNC Medicine. There, she was able to connect with a recently-admitted psychiatric patient through simple listening and communication....