BOH minutes 092906 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH September 28, 2006 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 September 28, 2006 By consensus the Board agreed to continue discussions on accreditation at a work session prior to the next regular Board meeting. IV. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda None V. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda A. Minutes approval of August 24, 2006 meeting. B. Accept Funds for Eat Smart Move More Grant The Board approved the submission of the Eat Smart Move More Grant at the August Board meeting. The Department applied for $15,000 and will receive funds in the amount of $13,500 from the Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Section of the NC Division of Public Health. These funds will support a faith-based initiative aimed at improving nutrition and physical activity behaviors. A part-time temporary project assistant is the only staff support included in the project. Orange County Health Department, in collaboration with multiple community partners, will train representatives from local churches to establish health teams at their churches. Teams will develop policies and programs to promote better nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Participating churches will be eligible for mini-grants of up to $500 to fund specific projects. The primary focus of the intervention will be residents in the northern portion of Orange County and will include families and adults affiliated with rural or Hillsborough area churches. A focus will be placed on recruiting African-American churches but the training and program will be open to any interested church within the county. The northern portion of the county is rural, further in distance from service providers, has fewer parks and recreation opportunities and facilities and limited transportation. The population tends to be more isolated and has lower average incomes and educational levels than in other parts of the county. There is also limited access in the north to the types of programs and resources that are available in the southern part of the county where Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the University of North Carolina offer numerous programs and opportunities for recreation and education. We wish to provide assistance to those in the Northern portion of the county to develop new programs that may not currently be available via other means, and to help increase access to health promotion for Northern Orange residents. In a meeting held in July 2006, numerous church representatives stated an interest in having health promotion programs in their churches but they expressed a need for further assistance in getting started. Five churches in the community attended the Eat Smart Move More for African- American churches training held in 2005. Outcomes for the project include an increase in churches that adopt policy and environmental changes promoting healthy food and beverage service and increased physical activity and healthy behavior changes for program participants that include a decrease in the consumption of sweetened beverages; increase in water consumption; increase in level of physical activity; control of food and beverage portions and increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables. Partners for the project include Cooperative Extension Orange County Service Center, Orange Congregations in Mission (OCIM), and UNC Chapel Hill Program on Ethnicity, Culture and