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MINUTES-Final ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH September 28, 2016 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2016 Agenda & Abstracts/ September Page 3 STDs on the rise, need for advocacy of LHDs to legislators; Increased funding; expansion of services, messaging systems. Andrea Mulholland – OCHD & PrEP: Past, Present & Future Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is when people at very high risk for HIV take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of getting infected. The FDA approved Truvada for PrEP use in 2012. The costs of labs (HIV and Hepatitis B), whether non-infectious disease providers should be dispersing Truvada and whether the disbursement of this medication encourages high risk sex were topics of discussion. The in-house protocol was written by Ms. Mulholland. The first year rollout was during FY 2014-15. A timeline of events was detailed including the BOH presentation and press releases. During the FY 14-15 and FY 15-16, there were 23 patients total (6 in 2014-15 and 17 in 2015-16) that received Truvada. The population mostly served were young MSM (men having sex with men), Caucasian professionals. Most had private insurance. FY 16-17 has had 3 patients partake in PrEP. Lastly, Ms. Mulholland spoke on the future of PrEP. Patient level education, promoting PrEP, primary prevention and how to get it to more minority patients were some topics that will continue to be discussed. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Ms. Mulholland. Stacy Shelp – Making Friends with the Media Ms. Shelp began by stating that traditional media isn’t dead or dying – it’s modifying. The points Ms. Shelp gave for dealing with the media and getting your story in the news were: • Develop relationships. • Create high-quality, informative press releases and media advisories. • Have talking points and a variety of ways to say them. • Don’t be intimidated. • Make their (media) job easy. Set up a media space at your event. Ms. Shelp continued by providing tips on how to strengthen your ‘brand” by being accessible, building relationships and providing photo ops. Other tips given for when you’re being interviewed included: • Answer the question asked. • Be concise and avoid jargon. • Stand up for a telephone interview. Your voice will sound better. • Use a landline whenever possible. • Don’t cross your arms or rock. • Don’t perpetuate myths. • Avoid filler words such as “sure” and “um”. • Speak slowly and clearly.