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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />May 24, 2006 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 May 24, 2006 <br />of the boys and one-quarter of the girls will have some kind of dental injury. There are 5 million <br />teeth knocked out per year because of sports injuries. Athletes are 50% more likely to damage their <br />teeth if they are not wearing a mouthguard. <br /> <br />Ms. Schaaf explained that there are three types of mouthguards available, the inexpensive stock <br />Mouthguard available at stores, the boil-and-bite, and the custom made. The custom made <br />mouthguards are made from a cast and these are the type being used in the Mouthguard project. <br /> <br />The students are interested in continuing this project next year. Angela Cooke will be working with <br />them to plan next year’s project. <br /> <br />III. Approval of May 24, 2006 Agenda <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of May 24, 2006 was made by Alan Rimer, seconded by <br />Moses Carey, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />IV. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />V. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of April 27, 2006 meeting <br /> <br />B. Teen Tobacco Project Grant Contract Approval <br /> <br />The Health Department, in partnership with Orange County school districts, will strengthen <br />current programming on youth tobacco-use prevention, cessation, and secondhand smoke <br />elimination. The program will recruit and train diverse high school peer educators to lead <br />prevention education in middle and high schools, and at community events. A new media- <br />based social norms campaign will work to further reduce tobacco use in schools. The <br />program will enhance its advocacy with family-oriented restaurants and partner with the <br />Orange County Asthma Coalition (OCAC) on a smoke-free dining campaign. These activities <br />will lead to an increase in recent declines in youth tobacco-use. <br /> <br />Both school systems are active and committed partners and the School Health Coordinators <br />from each school system will continue to act as liaisons. The OCHD program is the only <br />program working to prevent youth tobacco-use in the county. The current program has <br />detected needs to enforce 100% TFS policies within both districts and plans to enhance policy <br />communication, supplement the current middle school-based health curricula with youth- <br />driven educational presentations, develop youth-led social norms/counter marketing <br />activities to reduce the influence of tobacco advertising, and develop a sustainable smoke- <br />free dining campaign. <br /> <br />Community and Schools Phase III Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Initiative grant <br />funds have been awarded for the three-year period in the amount of $289,000. Nikie Sarris is