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3 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />Every four years the Orange County Board of Health commissions a Community Health <br />Assessment (CHA) to identify pressing and emerging community health issues. The latest <br />Community Health Assessment was completed in December of 2015. As in years past, the <br />Board adopted the community’s top three health priorities from the CHA to focus the <br />Board’s next policy-focused Strategic Plan. <br /> <br /> <br />The three priorities: 1) Social Determinants of Health; 2) Physical Activity & <br />Nutrition and 3) Substance Abuse & Mental Health were the community’s top three <br />health priorities. More detailed information on the most recent CHA is available on <br />the Health Department website here. <br /> <br /> <br />To oversee the work of this extremely ambitious Strategic Plan, the Board of Health has <br />three oversight committees—one for each priority—that meet regularly to ensure action <br />steps and deliverables meet the deadlines established in the plan. <br /> <br /> <br />2014—2016 Strategic Plan Highlights <br />Full report accessible on Board of Health website <br />Access to Care <br /> Active participation by Board of Health Chair, Liska Lackey, as the Vice -Chair of the <br />Family Success Alliance <br /> Two successful years of OCHD Innovation Grants, with a record number of applicants <br />(24) during the 2016 Innovation Grant Cycle. Projects from 2015-2016 included: <br /> Food safety quick reference cards <br /> Video Remote Interpretation (VRI) equipment and software <br /> Feasibility study of Uber and other ride-sharing apps for community transportation <br /> Development of new Environmental Health tools for septic tank lid lifting <br />Substance Abuse & M ental Health <br />* Trained and equipped over 161 first responders with naloxone, including the first law <br />enforcement agency in North Carolina to deploy naloxone <br /> Established the Orange County Safe Syringe Initiative <br />* Completed a gap analysis of mental health and the criminal justice system in Orange <br />County <br />Child & Family Obesity <br /> Regular Health Department participation on the Transportation Advisory Board <br />* Provision of technical assistance, in partnership with the NAP SACC team, for two <br />childcare centers to successful ly complete the new online GO NAP SACC tool and <br />improve physical activity and nutrition practices <br />* Partnered with Orange County Schools to identify equipment needed to increase <br />breakfast participation at elementary schools