2013-094 Health - State of NC Department of Health for Maintaining and Promoting the Advancement of Public Health in NC

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Consolidated Agreement-FY14 Page 2 of 23 10.The Department shall provide to the State a comprehensive community health assessment(CHA) at least every four years and a State of the County's Health Report each of the interim three years. NC Division of Public Health will administer this four-year cycle. The CHA should be a collaborative effort with local partners such as hospitals and community partnerships or the local Healthy Carolinians Partnership(if such exists), and shall include collection of primary data at the county level and secondary data from the state and other sources. The CHA shall include a list of community health problems based on the findings and a narrative of the assessment findings and priorities chosen(refer to accreditation activities regarding CHA or SOTCH).The CHA or SOTCH is due by the first Monday of December. The agency is required to submit community action plans to address the selected priority issues. These plans are due by the first Friday in June following the December submission of the CHA. For action plans,the agency shall include a minimum of two new evidence-based strategies(or expand current evidence-based strategies to new target populations)to address at least two Healthy North Carolina 2020 objectives from different focus areas. There are a total of 13 focus areas and 40 objectives within Healthy NC 2020. The evidence-based strategies(EBS) shall be highlighted in the Action Plan and shall include a plan for staffing, training, implementation and monitoring/evaluation for each EBS. Action Plans need to be turned in by local health departments for their CHA.NOTE that an action plan is expected for every CHA priority selected. The CHA will include data analysis of those indicators that are listed in the accreditation self-assessment. 11. The Department shall provide formal training for their Board of Health(BOH)members through DHHS sponsored offerings. The LTAT Branch shall notify the Department no later than April 30 of the name of the contractor who is to provide this training during the upcoming fiscal year. First priority should be given to training newly appointed members with the ultimate goal of having all BOH members trained as time and resources allow. Continuing education updates on topics of special interest are strongly encouraged after general board member orientation has been provided for all BOH Members. 12.The Department shall provide Network/Intemet access at the Local Health Department(or to the county network where desired)at a minimum speed of a full T-1 line in order to: • Connect with the North Carolina Health Alert Network(HAN),North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System(NCEDSS),North Carolina Immunization Registry(NCIR), Health Information System(HIS) • Rapidly communicate e-mail alerts to and from the NC State Division of Public Health regarding bioterrorism and public health topics(outbreaks, emergency alerts, etc) • Access NCDPH training material and information used in self-study courses and PHTIN programs • Build steps of a secure infrastructure for remote data entry in the local health departments • Report electronically all required Environmental Health Services Section inspection data in the format and frequency specified by the division. Paper copies of inspection data are no longer accepted, The LHD will maintain the above-described minimum connection. The LHD may choose any provider(ISP)that they wish. The LHD will also ensure security of a minimum of a T-1 connection at the LHD location. The LHD may utilize security products(i.e. firewalls)of their choosing to maintain network connectivity and security integrity. The LHD network configuration and security practices must allow communication with systems within the state network.