Publications and Resources
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Policy Brief: COVID and the Carolinas
The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic has brought much of the world to a halt. In the United States, from the first confirmed case on January 21 in Washington State, the…
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease Through the Provision of Syringe Services Programs
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit committed to providing South Carolina’s elected officials with nonpartisan information and research related to the health…
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease Through the Provision of Syringe Services Programs + One-pager
South Carolina, like many other states, is experiencing three co-occurring public health epidemics. The growing opioid crisis has significantly increased unsafe injection drug use, thereby increasing the prevalence of human…
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Spread of Infectious Disease Through the Provision of Syringe Services Programs
IMPH has released a new policy brief, Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease Through the Provision of Syringe Services Programs. This brief examines the related opioid, human…
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Caregivers One-Pager
With the changing health care landscape and state population, South Carolina must create a system to support, educate and train family caregivers. Community-based providers such as direct-care workers, family caregivers…
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Behavioral Health One-Page
Creating a behavioral health system in South Carolina that fully meets the needs of residents and the behavioral health workforce is critical to improving the state’s overall health. The South…
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The Evolving Workforce: Redefining Health Care Delivery in South Carolina + One-pager
Community-based providers such as direct-care workers, family caregivers and behavioral health workers (among others) have customarily taken a backseat to other health care providers in terms of funding, support, visibility…
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Progress Report – Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long-Term Care in South Carolina + One-pager
On April 30, IMPH and their Long-Term Care (LTC) Leadership Council released an updated report documenting the systemic progress made in the last several years on critical issues impacting the…
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Long-Term Care Taskforce Brief
The “Taskforce Brief” provides a short overview of the work and recommendations published in the full report of the Long-Term Care Taskforce, “Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long-Term Care in…