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Health-Healthy Carolinians 1 ~ <br />^ Seeks out grant opportunities and develops grant applications. <br />^ Analyzes and compiles data on health indices and goals for "State of Orange County" <br />Health Report. <br />^ Develops and communicates reports on Healthy Carolinians goals and status. <br />Health Education Proiect Manaser <br />^ Delivers directly priority health education programs such as those on child abuse <br />prevention, preventing teen pregnancy, injury prevention, fitness, and smoking cessation. <br />^ Implements programs with partner agencies on pregnancy prevention, substance abuse <br />prevention, tobacco use prevention, increased use of existing health education programs <br />and the like. (See outcomes.) <br />^ Analyzes effectiveness of health education programs. <br />Outcomes: <br />For Healthy Carolinians Coordinator <br />By July 2000: <br />^ Manage the collaborative effort of Orange County Healthy Carolinians Council and <br />assess the collaboration by designing and implementing a collaboration assessment tool. <br />^ Increase the number of Council members directly involved in implementation projects <br />from eight to sixteen members. <br />^ Develop fully evaluation plans for all Healthy Carolinians strategies undertaken. <br />By July 2001: <br />^ Through the Healthy Carolinians initiative, coordinate services among community <br />agencies and have at least five documented examples of this result. <br />^ Assure that all County funded non-profit agencies that deliver health services related to <br />Healthy Carolinian goals have evaluation plans that reflect progress toward Healthy <br />Carolinians goals. <br />By July 2002: <br />^ Implement three private/non-profit health initiatives resulting from the efforts of Healthy <br />Carolinians such as a joint asthma initiative by LJNC Hospitals, Blue Cross and Blue <br />Shield, the two school systems, and the Health Department. <br />^ Establish two public/private partnerships focusing on long-term health strategies resulting <br />from the efforts of Healthy Carolinians such as development of low-cost health insurance <br />for uninsured populations or development of a community-based minority health <br />