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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />April 25, 2002 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 1 April 25, 2002 <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 25, 2002 at the Government Services <br />Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Jonathan Klein, Chair; Mel Hurston, Vice Chair; Barry <br />Adler; Alan Rimer; Sharon Van Horn; Lee Werley; Kate Wilder; Alice White <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Martha Stucker due to work conflict; Moses Carey, Jr. <br />due to meeting conflict. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Letitia Burns, Central Administrative <br />Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division <br />Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Services Division Director; Phil Valiro, <br />Environmental Health Specialist; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; Anne <br />Miles, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Dana Leinenweber, Child Fatality Prevention Team; Gretchen Aylsworth, <br />Child Fatality Prevention Team; Ben Wilson, UNC Medical Student, Tyrone Trice, Mrs. <br />Gwendolyn L. Trice. <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Jonathan Klein called the meeting to order at 7:10 P.M. <br /> <br />A. Special Report: Child Fatality Prevention Team Annual Report <br /> <br />Dr. Dana Leinenweber, Pediatrician, a member of the Child Fatality Prevention Team, <br />presented the report. The team reviews all child fatalities in the county and gives <br />recommendations and improvements and identifies any resources or gaps in the <br />system. The ultimate goal is to reduce child fatalities in Orange County. <br /> <br />Since July 2001, the team has reviewed seven (7) child fatalities. These have included <br />heart -related illnesses, SIDS, birth defects, and other serious perinatal conditions. <br />Prematurity is most common reason for child fatality in Orange County. <br /> <br />In looking back over the records since 1999, the four (4) SIDS deaths that were <br />reviewed from this time all had co-sleeping as a factor. That is something that is <br />beginning to emerge in the pediatric literature as a possible risk factor for preventing <br />child death. As a result of the noted trends in SIDS related deaths, the Orange County <br />CFPT has begun tracking the following information for all SIDS related deat hs: drug use <br />by the mother, where the baby was found sleeping, tobacco use in the home, whether <br />or not a death scene investigation was actually performed as recommended by the <br />CDC, the medical status of the family, and type of heat used in the home. <br /> <br />II. Approval of April 25, 2002 Revised Agenda <br /> <br />Due to recent events occurring between the preparation of the original agenda and the Board <br />meeting, a revised agenda with additional topics was presented for approval. The additions <br />are as follows: