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4/14/2015
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agencies now have at least one box for such disposal. She said Healthy Carolinians has been <br />leading the conversation about prescription drug misuse, abuse and overdose. <br />Nick Galvez presented the following slides: <br />Childhood & Family Obesity <br />Catalyze and facilitate obesity prevention partnerships <br />Identify evidence-based interventions to implement county-wide <br />Advocate for policies to reduce obesity through environmental and regulatory changes <br />Making Orange County Breastfeeding Friendly <br />Health Considerations in Transit <br />Continued to invite local and state transportation stakeholders to educate the Board <br />Lauren Blackburn, NCDOT, Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Division <br />Bret Martin, Orange County Planning Department <br />Sought seat on Orange Unified Transportation Board to increase the formal input of <br />health in transportation planning <br />Ongoing Projects <br />Nick Galvez said that the Health Department has created a dedicated breastfeeding <br />room in Whitted Clinic. He said current human resource policies regarding breastfeeding are <br />being reviewed. He said steps are being recommended for improvement on best practice, <br />including the need for formal policy language for staff about breastfeeding support and <br />education from the insurance company, availability of private space for breastfeeding, and the <br />availability of flexible scheduling to accommodate breastfeeding mothers. He said the BOH <br />passed a breastfeeding resolution outlining the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding <br />in June 2014. <br />Nick Galvez said an ongoing project is the Childcare Recognition Program. He said a <br />survey of childcare centers was conducted regarding their willingness to participate in a <br />childcare recognition program involving the implementation of the Nutritional and Physical Self <br />Assessment for Childcare (NAPSAC) and the Let's Move Improvement Program. He said staff <br />is currently working to implement the survey and will present findings to the BOH. <br />Nick Galvez said the BOH is looking at school nutrition. He said the BOH has outlined <br />a number of action steps related to providing technical assistance to schools to improve <br />nutrition policies and offerings. He said the BOH is also seeking to participate in the local <br />Food Policy Council. He said the BOH plans to request policy recommendations from this <br />Council in the future. <br />Commissioner Rich asked about local childhood obesity rates. <br />Nick Galvez said this is tracked at the high school level but not at younger ages. <br />Commissioner Rich said she would like to see childhood obesity taken seriously and <br />understands it is a larger issue than the BOH can handle alone. <br />Commissioner Pelissier asked if the food in schools will become healthier. <br />Colleen Bridger said there have been some discussions with the school nutritionists. <br />She added it is a challenge because it costs less money to provide less healthy foods. She <br />said a middle ground needs to be found. She said a new superintendent has been appointed <br />in Orange County Schools (OCS), and she is hopeful this will provide some continuity that has <br />been missing due to staff turnover.
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