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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />May 26, 2010 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 May 26, 2010 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, <br />promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON May 26, 2010 at the Southern Human Services <br />Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Anissa Vines, Chair; Chris Harlan, Vice-Chair; Jim <br />Stefanadis; Michael Wood; Steve Yuhasz, BOCC; Paul Chelminsky; Tony Whitaker; Mike <br />Carstens; Christopher Cooke <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Jessica Lee, out of town <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services <br />Division Director; Tom Konsler, Environmental Health Services Division Director; Donna King, <br />Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health <br />Services Division Director; Carla Julian, Risk Management/Quality Assurance Director; Anne <br />Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant; Susan Young, RN, <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Bernice Nogueira, Faculty, Macao nursing school; Mandy Wan and Marietta <br />Wong, nursing students from Macao; Anne Thornhill, NC Prevention Partners <br /> <br />Chris Harlan introduced her guests from Macao who are visiting UNC School of Nursing for a <br />short period of time. Rosemary Summers then introduced the guest speaker, Anne Thornhill, <br />Senior Health Promotion Manager from NC Prevention Partners. <br /> <br />I. Advocacy Strategies for Health <br /> <br />Anne Thornhill, MPH, Senior Health Promotion Manager with NC Prevention Partners, <br />presented an overview of advocacy techniques and strategies for public health. Using <br />her extensive experience in policy development, implementation and evaluation, Ms. <br />Thornhlil gave useful examples of different ways to get the maximum results for the effort <br />when faced with limited funds and staff. She suggested several ways Boards of Health <br />can have an impact on public health legislation and ways to leverage community <br />support. <br /> <br />Ms. Thornhill said that the first step is to prepare using the following steps: <br />• Develop a policy agenda <br />• Consider getting some training <br />• Sharing your voice <br />o Become a reliable source of information <br />o Practice simple measures <br />o Join with others to build relationships <br />• Become an advocate <br /> <br />Paul Chelminski asked how the North Carolina Smoke-Free law compared in <br />restrictiveness to other states, this state being a prime grower of tobacco. He also <br />wanted to know what the next step would be in expanding the Smoke-Free Law <br />beyond restaurants and bars now that the state passed the Smoke-Free law. Ms.