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51 <br /> . J'OCltelI01 <br /> Every four years the Orange County Board of Health commissions a Community Health <br /> Assessment (CHA) to identify pressing and emerging community health issues. The latest <br /> Community Health Assessment was completed in December of 2015. As in years past, the <br /> Board adopted the community's top three health priorities from the CHA to focus the <br /> Board's next policy-focused Strategic Plan. <br /> The three priorities: 1) Social Determinants of Health; 2) Physical Activity Et <br /> Nutrition and 3) Substance Abuse & Mental Health were the community's top three <br /> health priorities. More detailed information on the most recent CHA is available on <br /> the Health Department website here. <br /> To oversee the work of this extremely ambitious Strategic Plan, the Board of Health has <br /> three oversight committees—one for each priority—that meet regularly to ensure action <br /> steps and deliverables meet the deadlines established in the plan. <br /> . � :: ..-....2016 St'Stra tog : tan Vii ,;fits <br /> Full report accessible on Board of Health website <br /> Access to Care <br /> * Active participation by Board of Health Chair, Liska Lackey, as the Vice-Chair of the <br /> Family Success Alliance <br /> * Two successful years of OCHD Innovation Grants, with a record number of applicants <br /> (24) during the 2016 Innovation Grant Cycle. Projects from 2015-2016 included: <br /> • Food safety quick reference cards <br /> • Video Remote Interpretation (VRI) equipment and software <br /> • Feasibility study of Uber and other ride-sharing apps for community transportation <br /> • Development of new Environmental Health tools for septic tank lid lifting <br /> Substance Abuse Et Mental Health <br /> * Trained and equipped over 161 first responders with naloxone, including the first law <br /> enforcement agency in North Carolina to deploy naloxone <br /> * Established the Orange County Safe Syringe Initiative <br /> * Completed a gap analysis of mental health and the criminal justice system in Orange <br /> County <br /> Child Et Family Obesity <br /> * Regular Health Department participation on the Transportation Advisory Board <br /> * Provision of technical assistance, in partnership with the NAP SACC team, for two <br /> childcare centers to successfully complete the new online GO NAP SACC tool and <br /> improve physical activity and nutrition practices <br /> * Partnered with Orange County Schools to identify equipment needed to increase <br /> breakfast participation at elementary schools <br />