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Mask Force: Orange County Healthy Carolinians Task Force <br /> .to <br /> Moses Carey,Chair - • ot t t • i <br /> Rev.George Allison - <br /> Leo Allison <br /> Glenda Andrews <br /> Fletcher Barber <br /> Jimmy Barnes <br /> Fred Battle <br /> Mary Beck <br /> Ned Brooks <br /> Alan Cross December 2, 1996 <br /> Anita Daniels <br /> Nate Davis Dear Healthy Carolinians Task Force, <br /> Tara Fikes <br /> Beverly Foster <br /> Rev.Sharon Freeland Thanks to all who were able to join us last month at the Kenan Center for the <br /> Joseph Gatewood Orange County Healthy Carolinians Priority Setting activities. I appreciate the time and <br /> Joe Hakan effort that Task Force members dedicated to learning about leading health issues in Orange <br /> Paul Halverson <br /> Ann Hamner County and participating in priority setting. <br /> Frances Hargraves <br /> Joel Harper Through the voting process,the Task Force selected 11 priority health issues from <br /> Lorna Harris an original list of 48 issues impacting health and well being. These health priorities were <br /> William C.Harrison selected on the basis of their impact on the health of Orange County residents and the <br /> Rev.L.Gene Hatley willingness of the community to address the problems. Below is a list of those eleven <br /> H.Garland Hershey <br /> Richard House priorities in descending order of perceived importance, as indicated by our voting: <br /> Belinda Jones <br /> Albert Kittrell Priority Issues for Orange County Health Improvement <br /> Eileen Kugler <br /> Dan Lehman <br /> Teme Levbarg 1. Child abuse and neglect <br /> Rev.J.R.Manley 2. Substance abuse <br /> Tom Maynard 3. Poor parenting skills <br /> Donna Mebane 4. Health insurance coverage <br /> Charles Mitch <br /> Eric Munson 5. Poverty rates among minorities <br /> Robert Morgan 6. Availability and use of preventive services <br /> Connie Mullinix 7. Teen pregnancy <br /> Neil Pedersen 8. Availability and use of prenatal care <br /> Lindy Pendergrass 9. Illegal drug sales <br /> Alice Pettitt <br /> Peggy Pollitzer 10. Sexual assault <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook 11. AIDS awareness and education <br /> Karen Raleigh <br /> Dan Reimer Planning is underway for the next meeting at which the Task Force will decide <br /> Jill Rigsbee how Orange Co can best address the no health issues we have identified. You <br /> Karen Rose rang' p ' <br /> Susan Russell will be notified as soon as the details are arranged. <br /> Wendy Sarratt <br /> Bob Seymour Thanks again to all who have contributed to the Healthy Carolinians Task Force <br /> Joann Shirer activities. I am pleased by the progress we are making toward community health <br /> Ed Siebert <br /> Philip Singer improvement. <br /> Susan Spalt <br /> Ron Strauss Sincerely, <br /> Lacey Trnnen <br /> Nick Waters <br /> Cumilla White <br /> Gloria Williams <br /> Institutional Partners: Moses Carey <br /> Orange County Health Chair, Healthy Carolinians Task Force <br /> Department <br /> UNC Hospitals <br /> UNC School of Public <br /> Health <br /> Center for Public Health Practice,Campus Box 7400,Rosenau Hall, <br /> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Chapel Hill,NC 27599-7400,Tel 919-966-8482,Fax 919-966-6961 <br />