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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: November 30, 2016 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: UNC Capstone Presentation <br /> <br />Attachment(s): Over-The-Counter Birth Control Analysis <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: UNC Students: Rob Poston, Shivangi Amin, <br />Hannah Eichner, Charlotte Henry <br /> <br /> <br />Purpose: __X_ Action <br /> _ __ Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />The 2016-2018 Board of Health Strategic Plan requests research on the appropriate <br />pathway and necessary partners to pursue policy change to make birth control pills <br />available over the counter. Over the fall semester, a team of four UNC public policy <br />undergraduate students prepared a literature review, compiled a series of case studies, <br />and interviewed a few key stakeholders to weigh the pros and cons of moving this policy <br />proposal forward and identify key partners be in making that happen. This presentation <br />will include a summary of their research and their recommendations to the Board of <br />Health. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> _X_Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):