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Priority #1: Access to Health Care, Insurance, and Information
<br />Data Dashboard
<br />The Access to Care dashboard provides county rates
<br />and trends among OC residents around resources &
<br />prevention, affordability & insurance, and health
<br />literacy. Comparisons are made between peer
<br />counties, NC and the US. View the dashboard at
<br />http: / /orangecountync.gov /health /documents /BOHDa
<br />shboard- AccesstoCare Feb2014.pdf
<br />Access to Care Dashboard
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<br />Orange County Board of Health
<br />The OCHD and BICH recognize transportation as a
<br />key component to access to health services. In
<br />2014, the BOH set out to increase their role in local
<br />transportation planning by including a BOH appointee
<br />on the Orange Unified Transportation Board
<br />(OUTBoard). The BOH voted during the October
<br />2014 meeting to officially request a seat on the
<br />OUTBoard, and staff are making necessary policy
<br />and rule changes to make this change, and
<br />strengthen the presence of health in roadway and
<br />transportation planning and decisions.
<br />In addition to a new seat on the OUTBoard, the BOH
<br />has plans to serve as a catalyst and advocate for
<br />health outcomes with Family Success Alliance,
<br />expand health literacy efforts outside of OCHD, and
<br />continue to foster a culture of innovation at the Health
<br />Department. Follow the work of the BOH specific to
<br />these priorities at
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<br />Immigrant and Refugee Health
<br />Orange County is an increasingly
<br />[a: diverse county, reflected by the
<br />W I ome largest minority populations in each
<br />major municipality (Chapel Hill: Asian,
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<br />Hillsborough: African - American, Carrboro: Hispanic) .
<br />With bilingual staff and interpreters, OCHD served
<br />clients in almost 20 different languages in 2014, and
<br />purchased translation memory software to improve
<br />efficiency and consistency of translated terms. The
<br />Orange County Latino Health and Refugee Health
<br />Coalitions continue to focus on access to care and
<br />gaps in services, sharing information and
<br />collaborating around issues such as ACA enrollment,
<br />mental health, and emergency preparedness. Local
<br />agencies like Piedmont Health Services (PHS), El
<br />Futuro, Refugee Support Center, OC Department on
<br />Aging's Chinese Program, UNC's Center for Latino
<br />Health, and the School of Social Work's Refugee
<br />Wellness Initiative continue to provide essential
<br />services to the local immigrant population.
<br />Healthy Carolinians of Orange County
<br />In August, Healthy Carolinians of Orange County's
<br />(HCOC) Access to Care subcommittee hosted Health
<br />Literacy training. The committee invited and
<br />educated providers on the importance of being health
<br />literate when it comes to serving patients. Two UNC
<br />Healthcare employees' trained forty -six participants in
<br />the areas of plain language, readability level when it
<br />comes to creating and using educational materials,
<br />and the Teach Back Method.
<br />Affordable Care Act
<br />OCHD, and a number of community organizations
<br />and coalitions such as, but not limited to, UNC Family
<br />Medicine, Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC),
<br />PHS, UNC General Internal Medicine, Legal Aid,
<br />Enroll America, League of Women Voters, and
<br />Lincoln Community Health Center continue to partner
<br />to assist OC residents with enrollment into the ACA
<br />Marketplace. 2012 data suggests that OC has a
<br />lower percent of uninsured by total population (16 %),
<br />but has the same or more low income uninsured
<br />(9,145 or 37 %) than peer (35 %), state (32 %) or
<br />national (30 %) averages .
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