Yair Centeno
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Beth Sulkowski: Creating Direction and Improving South Carolina’s Long-Term Care
In the next twenty years, the population of adults over the age of 85 will double, leaving individuals and families struggling to find and pay for long-term services and supports…
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Update: Tidelands Health helps fund new report focused on improving health in South Carolina
A new report developed with the support of Tidelands Health aims to improve health outcomes in South Carolina by encouraging a more holistic and coordinated approach to meet the population’s…
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How to Plan for Long-Term Care Costs
Long-term care costs can be substantial, but if planned for and managed intelligently, don’t need to bankrupt or frighten you. They can be calmly viewed and just another contingent expense…
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Minority groups less likely to have access to mental health services
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Read more The IMPH Workforce for Health report outlines recommendations to decrease disparities in accessibility to mental health services for minority groups.
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Discussing Barriers to Closing the Behavioral Health Integration Gap
It is important to engage in these national discussions about the barriers that exist for closing the integration gap in behavioral health. Read more
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There’s a growing population of older people across SC, and there are growing challenges
Health disparities in long-term care for the elderly is a national epidemic Read more IMPH reported similar findings in the Long Term Care progress report. This continues to impact the…
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Graduate Assistantship / Internship Opportunity
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is seeking a graduate assistant (GA) or intern to support research, taskforce planning, and administrative tasks for IMPH’s Health Policy…
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Ripple Effects Report
The devastation of the opioid epidemic is pervasive: lives lost, futures derailed, and communities shattered. While hitting the economically and socially disadvantaged particularly hard, America’s deadliest drug crisis has left…
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Ashley White wins South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health Outstanding Student Abstract Award
Ashley White, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, won the 2019 Outstanding Student Abstract Award from the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public…