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7 <br /> •Excellent health care system <br /> •Excellent schools <br /> Orange County Acts <br /> •Health Department through Healthy Carolinians examines local data every four years <br /> •More than 45 community agencies involved <br /> •Last Community Health Assessment in 2007 <br /> •Four priority areas were selected by the community <br /> —Obesity/health prevention and promotion <br /> —Adolescent health with emphasis on reducing drug and alcohol use <br /> —Mental health and substance abuse (adults) <br /> —Child health especially preventing child abuse and neglect <br /> •Committees plan and carry out projects in each area <br /> Orange County Acts- Examples <br /> •Farmer's markets have grown in past two years <br /> *Orange County Partnership for Young Children has strong community garden program to <br /> increase access to healthy foods <br /> •Both school systems have new programs in physical activity and nutrition <br /> •Pro bono counseling network developed <br /> What's Next <br /> •Monitor statistics through NC CATCH <br /> •Room to improve, especially in disparity health <br /> •High uninsured adult rates at 23% of adults under 65 <br /> *Continual examination of best practice programs to improve the health of our community <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked for a perspective on how Orange County ranks in income <br /> inequality compared to other counties and Rosemary Summers said that North Carolina on <br /> average was 46%. The target established was 40%. She did not look at individual county <br /> rankings for this, but she only used the North Carolina target on this factor. What it indicates is <br /> that there is a large population of people at the low end for income. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that this good ranking is a testament to the Health <br /> Department. <br /> c. Planned Educational Summit on the Land Application of Wastewater <br /> Biosolids <br /> The Board received information about a regional educational summit being planned by <br /> NC State University and partners on the land application of wastewater biosolids and provided <br /> feedback. <br /> Environment and Resource Conservation Director Dave Stancil said that in October there <br /> was a work session and the staff was directed to create a forum on biosolids issues. In the <br /> interim, NC State started planning this kind of forum. He said that this forum may be one that <br /> Orange County could participate in instead of creating its own forum. The registration fee will be <br /> $25 for this event and there will be scholarships. He said that the staff feels good about the way <br /> this forum progressed and it might meet the needs of Orange County. He suggested <br /> encouraging Orange County residents to participate in this event. <br />