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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 24, 2009 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 June 24, 2009 ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community. THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON June 24, 2009 at the Southern Human Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Harlan, Chair; Anissa Vines, Vice-Chair; Jim Stefanadis; Tim Carey; Matt Vizithum; Steve Yuhasz; Michael Wood; DeWana Anderson BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Sharon Freeland; Ernie Dodson; Jessica Lee; STAFF PRESENT: Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Tom Konsler, Environmental Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Carla Julian, Risk Management/Quality Assurance Director; Letitia Burns, Business Officer; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant; Nidhi Sachdeva, Senior Public Health Educator; Iole Nall, Medical Interpreter/Translator; Pat Gentry, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator GUESTS PRESENT: None I. Welcome and Introductions Chris Harlan, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. Ms. Harlan thanked the retiring Board representatives for their service and presented each with a framed certificate for their service to the Health Department and the Board of Health. She also welcomed new staff members who were in attendance. II. Educational Presentation: Practice-Based Research Network Rosemary Summers reported that as part of the NC Incubator Program, Orange County participates with eight other counties, both large and small, as part of the Central Partnership for Public Health. The goal of the voluntary collaborative in this region is to improve workforce recruitment and retention and to improve public health systems. In 2008, the collaborative partnered with the UNC Institute for Public Health in a 2-year grant application (PBRN) to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the development of a practice-based research network. The NCIPH is the fiscal agent for the grant and the project director and coordinator. There were five grants awarded nationwide; the others are Washington, Colorado, Kentucky, and Massachusetts. The other projects are focused at the university level, whereas, ours is the only project that starts at the practice level and works up to the university level. The grant was awarded in January 2009, and fit with an existing goal of the incubator counties to develop a research agenda developed by the practice community for researchers to consider as they develop future projects. As the co-principal investigator along with Dr. Ed Baker, the NC Institute for Public Health Director, Dr. Summers stated she has been involved in advising the project staff on the details of the project and in making presentations, both locally and nationally about the proposed network. The Steering Committee is made up of Health Directors from each of the participating counties plus a representative from the State Division of Public Health, a state liaison and a