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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />April 23, 2009 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 April 23, 2009 <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 April 23, 2009 at the Government Services <br />Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Harlan, Chair; Anissa Vines, Vice-Chair; DeWana <br />Anderson; Tim Carey; Sharon Freeland; Steve Yuhasz; Michael Wood, Jessica Lee; <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Vizithum, Jim Stefanadis, illness; Ernie Dodson, out <br />of town. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Tom Konsler, <br />Environmental Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education <br />Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Carla Julian, <br />Risk Management/Quality Assurance Director; Letitia Burns, Business Officer; Anne Miles <br />Cassell, Administrative Assistant; <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Annette Moore, Orange County Staff Attorney; Kaye Bernadas, UNC Nursing <br />Student <br /> <br />Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Chris Harlan, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and introduced the guests <br />present. <br /> <br />I. A. Public Health Month Photo Presentation <br /> <br />Candice Watkins Robinson reported that the health department invited UNC <br />Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC) students to join us for the “This Is <br />Public Health” month sticker campaign. Students were recruited on campus in <br />March and campaign materials were made available in the Office of Student <br />Affairs. Carla Julian also recruited UNC Nursing students during a class <br />presentation. <br /> <br />OCHD staff received emails and campaign packets during the first week of April. <br /> Kick off sessions were held on April 17th and teams from OCHD went out in the <br />Northern and Southern part of the county to obtain photos. Staff and students <br />used the stickers to identify and photograph public health in action in honor of <br />Public Health Month. Photos were uploaded to the national campaign’s Flickr <br />website and to the department’s Public Health Month web page. <br /> <br />Candice reported that this effort looks like the first for North Carolina and a first <br />for UNC. When the website is accessed, Orange County is the first listing for the <br />state and the first to upload pictures to the site. <br /> <br />Chris Harlan requested additional stickers in Spanish.