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1 agencies now have at least one box for such disposal. She said Healthy Carolinians has been 2 leading the conversation about prescription drug misuse, abuse and overdose. 3 4 Nick Galvez presented the following slides: 6 Childhood & Family Obesity 7 • Catalyze and facilitate obesity prevention partnerships 8 • Identify evidence -based interventions to implement county -wide 9 • Advocate for policies to reduce obesity through environmental and regulatory changes 10 • Making Orange County Breastfeeding Friendly 11 12 Health Considerations in Transit 13 • Continued to invite local and state transportation stakeholders to educate the Board 14 • Lauren Blackburn, NCDOT, Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Division 15 • Bret Martin, Orange County Planning Department 16 • Sought seat on Orange Unified Transportation Board to increase the formal input of 17 health in transportation planning 18 19 Ongoing Projects 20 21 Nick Galvez said that the Health Department has created a dedicated breastfeeding 22 room in Whitted Clinic. He said current human resource policies regarding breastfeeding are 23 being reviewed. He said steps are being recommended for improvement on best practice, 24 including the need for formal policy language for staff about breastfeeding support and 25 education from the insurance company, availability of private space for breastfeeding, and the 26 availability of flexible scheduling to accommodate breastfeeding mothers. He said the BOH 27 passed a breastfeeding resolution outlining the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding 28 in June 2014. 29 Nick Galvez said an ongoing project is the Childcare Recognition Program. He said a 30 survey of childcare centers was conducted regarding their willingness to participate in a 31 childcare recognition program involving the implementation of the Nutritional and Physical Self 32 Assessment for Childcare (NAPSAC) and the Let's Move Improvement Program. He said staff 33 is currently working to implement the survey and will present findings to the BOH. 34 Nick Galvez said the BOH is looking at school nutrition. He said the BOH has outlined a 35 number of action steps related to providing technical assistance to schools to improve nutrition 36 policies and offerings. He said the BOH is also seeking to participate in the local Food Policy 37 Council. He said the BOH plans to request policy recommendations from this Council in the 38 future. 39 Commissioner Rich asked about local childhood obesity rates. 40 Nick Galvez said this is tracked at the high school level but not at younger ages. 41 Commissioner Rich said she would like to see childhood obesity taken seriously and 42 understands it is a larger issue than the BOH can handle alone. 43 Commissioner Pelissier asked if the food in schools will become healthier. 44 Colleen Bridger said there have been some discussions with the school nutritionists. 45 She added it is a challenge because it costs less money to provide less healthy foods. She 46 said a middle ground needs to be found. She said a new superintendent has been appointed in 47 Orange County Schools (OCS), and she is hopeful this will provide some continuity that has 48 been missing due to staff turnover. 49 Commissioner Jacobs said he has a proposal to make it easier for the schools to buy 50 local food. He said this proposal will be discussed in the work session following this meeting.