IMPH | South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health, with support from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), supports the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (SC DHEC) in a planning process to promote use of the Community Guide to Preventative Services in their operations. IMPH is working with SC DHEC to complete multiple activities. The results of two case studies related to the Complete Streets recommended practice for a ‘winnable battle’ are included in this report.

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health worked with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to manage a project funded by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) to support capacity building for Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in South Carolina. The resulting report presents the results of a qualitative process conducted to identify how best to engage and provide information to policy and decision makers in a systematic fashion, specific to increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to be active.

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (formerly the South Carolina Public Health Institute) conducted a focus group study among key constituencies to explore their perspectives on health insurance coverage, marketplace considerations and the type of exchange that South Carolina could have.

The Pocket Guide to Health Care Terms is produced by the South Carolina Public Health Institute as a resource in understanding the numerous terms and acronyms that are part of ongoing health care discussions.

This report examines frequent users of EDs in South Carolina. Frequent users are defined as people who visit an ED in the state five or more times in one calendar year. This report also includes data analysis and information from interviews with hospital staff around the state. The purpose of the analysis is to explore how EDs are used, describe the characteristics of frequent users of EDs, understand why they are frequent users, and propose potential solutions to the issue.

Laying the Groundwork for a State-wide HIV/ AIDS Prevention Strategy for Youth outlines the process, findings, and key recommendations from the project.

Helping a Generation at Risk: From Sickness to Wellness through Health Reform by Jeffrey Levi, PhD, from Greenville Forward and South Carolina Public Health Institute.

This policy brief takes a look at the Affordable Care Act (Health Reform) in the United States and specifically looks at a comparison for the state of South Carolina.

Health Reform (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) aims to expand public and private insurance coverage, improve the health care delivery system, and increase access to preventive services in the United States. A Glimpse of Health Care Reform

The following Data Brief provides an update with statistics and maps depicting rates of uninsurance by county and Congressional District within South Carolina as well as data ranking each state in the country.