title: Poverty and health: focus on North Carolina.
abstract: The association between poverty and poor health is substantial and the effects are experienced over a lifetime; they are borne most heavily by children. Mitigation requires a public health approach, intervening upstream to increase economic opportunity and invest in early childhood development, healthy communities, education, nutrition, and preventive health services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Mail Stop 603, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. mansfieldc@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mansfield
authors.forename: Lloyd F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009026:Mortality; D009657:North Carolina; D011203:Poverty