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2 <br />1 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health > Community Health Assessment + Evidence Base <br />2 - Childhood and Family Obesity <br />3 <br />4 Access to Care <br />5 • Catalyze and facilitate health access partnerships <br />6 • Advocate for policies to improve access to care <br />7 • Foster a culture of innovation <br />8 • Communicate about effective interventions and advocate for their funding <br />9 <br />10 Evidence -Based Interventions (chart illustration) <br />11 <br />12 Health Literacy <br />13 • OCHD Health Literacy policy passed <br />14 • Healthy Carolinians planning community trainings <br />15 • Toolkit implementation <br />16 <br />17 Innovation (bar graph illustration) <br />18 <br />19 Tony Whitaker said Orange County's Health Department is recognized as a leader in <br />20 North Carolina in public health because of its policies, systems, and methods of <br />21 communicating. <br />22 He defined health literacy as a person's ability or lack of ability to obtain, process, and <br />23 understand health information in order to make good health decisions. He said this includes <br />24 literacy, reading skills, and cultural competencies. He said health literacy is a better predictor of <br />25 health outcomes than age, race or socio economic status. <br />26 Referring to the bar graph slide titled Innovation, Tony Whitaker said the public health <br />27 arena is changing and the department is trying to change with it. He noted that the innovations <br />28 grant program is part of the BOH budget, and said this has yielded tangible results. <br />29 <br />30 Susan Elmore said she is the veterinarian liaison to the Board of Health. She presented <br />31 the following PowerPoint slides: <br />32 <br />33 Communication <br />34 - Using communications to advocate for health needs and effective interventions <br />35 <br />36 Childhood & Family Obesity <br />37 • Catalyze and facilitate obesity prevention partnerships <br />38 • Identify evidence -based interventions to implement county -wide <br />39 • Advocate for policies to reduce obesity through environmental and regulatory changes <br />40 <br />41 Ongoing Projects <br />42 - Lactation Rooms <br />43 - After School Physical Activity <br />44 - NAPSACC (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care) / Let's Move <br />45 <br />46 Susan Elmore said the BOH has worked with the Sportsplex on a pilot program to <br />47 improve food policies at child centered facilities. She said this collaboration led to a plan for <br />48 improvements, removal of fried food from lunches, and by the end of this month the fryer will be <br />49 removed and replaced with a convection oven. <br />