Duplin County has seen increasing numbers of patients served as a result of growth of population due to several factors such as increased immigration rates, recovery from COVID19 restrictions, and increased need for medical care.

What's helping:

• Help from community based partners and local medical providers to assist with providing medical care to children

What's hurting:

• Lack of awareness of community of the services provided at the Duplin County Health Department

Duplin DSS

Care management programs

ECU Health 

Duplin County Health Department

Duplin Partnership for Children

Community Based Partners

• Community outreach
• Increased advertisement of services offered

• Increase awareness of the health department's hours and services offered through community based partners, billboards, social media platforms, etc.
• Continue offering child health care through the clinic 5 days per week with sliding fee scale as a form of payment for populations with low income/uninsured.