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MINUTES-Draft <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />March 22, 2017 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2017 Agenda & Abstracts/ March Page 2 <br /> <br />Rebecca Crawford, Financial and Administrative Services Director, began by informing the <br />Board that a new BOH liasion, Beverly Scurry, has been hired and will be starting on April 3rd. <br />Next, she presented highlights of the achievements accomplished to date centered around the <br />four priority areas of Social Determinants of Health, Physical Activity and Nutrition, Substance <br />Abuse and Mental Health and Engagement. <br /> <br />Highlights of Ms. Crawford’s presentation include: <br /> <br /> Social Determinants of Health <br /> Focus #1: Family Success Alliance (FSA) <br />o There will be an update later this fall. <br /> Focus #2: Policies improving access to care <br />o Patient/Client text messenging <br />• The contract with the vendor is currently in our finance office awaiting signatures. <br />The staff has formed superuser groups. We’ve identified the initial phase one <br />groups (which patients we want to text). The focus will be in the medical and <br />dental clinics. We will be contacting patients via text, email and use automated <br />voice reminders of appointments. This low cost contract has the potential for <br />success as it will decrease patient no show rates and alleviate some of the <br />workload for the office assistants. We should also see some increased revenue <br />because of this service. <br />• On November 30th, UNC Public Policy Capstone students gave a presentation on <br />the availability of OTC birth control. We are following one of their <br />recommendations which was to wait to see how OTC birth control plays out in <br />California. We will revisit this issue in the fall. <br /> <br /> Physical Activity and Nutrition <br /> Focus #1: Advocate for policies, practices, partnerships <br />o Our new partnership is the Summer Feeding Program at Gateway Village <br />Apartments. We’re partnering with Orange County (OC) Schools, the FSA and local <br />churches and local non-profits to pilot this program. We’ve also partnered with OC <br />Libraries as they will offer literacy support during the Summer Feeding Program. <br /> Focus #2: Evidence-based PA/nutrition interventions in schools <br />o Last fall, members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and OC school districts came and <br />gave presentations on physical activity assessments of their school districts. We are <br />still in communication with leadership at both school districts to determine how we <br />can partner with them. The Physical Nutrition and Activity subcommittee will continue <br />to work on this. <br /> <br /> Substance Abuse and Mental Health <br /> Focus #1: Catalyst for integrated care <br /> Focus #2: Advocate for improved services for vulnerable pops <br />Updates were reported on at the January 2017 BOH meeting. <br /> <br /> Engagement <br />o We’ll have an Advisory Group update at the April BOH Meeting. <br /> <br />Lastly, Ms. Crawford provided two exciting updates.