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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />April 22, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 April 22, 2004 <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 community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON April 22, 2004 at the Century Center, Carrboro, <br />North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alice White, Chair; Tim Carey; Chris Harlan; Jessica Lee; <br />Sharon Van Horn; Matt Vizithum; Lee Werley; Kate Wilder <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. due to a conflict with BOCC meeting; Alan <br />Rimer, due to a work conflict <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services <br />Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, <br />Environmental Health Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division <br />Director; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: T. J. Jennings, Ashley Britt, Jill Formanczyk, nursing students at UNC School of <br />Public Health; Derek Griffith, United Voices of Efland; Stephanie Willis, Chapel Hill-Carrboro School <br />System; <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Alice White called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. Chris Harlan introduced her nursing students <br />that were in attendance. <br /> <br />II. Approval of April 22, 2004 Agenda <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of April 22, 2004 was made by Kate Wilder, seconded by <br />Lee Werley, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />MAN for Health Presentation <br /> <br />Wayne Sherman introduced Derek Griffith, PhD, a community scholar who has been working for the <br />last year with the Efland-Cheeks community and was instrumental in writing the MAN (Men as <br />Navigators) for Health plan, a men’s health intervention research project that addresses institutional <br />racism and will take place in Northern Orange County. Derek’s presentation described healthcare <br />disparities and the MAN for Health project. <br /> <br />The Health Department has a long-standing tradition of working with the Efland-Cheeks community <br />through an earlier grant on community-based public health. The goal of that grant was to enable