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MINUTES-Final <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />August 22, 2018 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2018 Agenda & Abstracts/ August Page 6 <br />being accepted into the NC Public Health Leadership Institute and has already started <br />coursework. <br />• The NCALHD presented the OCHD the Challenge Award for its 2013 work on tobacco <br />policy. <br />• Ashley Rawlinson and Healthy Carolinians will host its 2nd Suicide Prevention Walk on <br />Friday, September 21st in Hillsborough at Gold Park. <br />• The NCPHA will take place in Charlotte. Several of our staff are on the agenda <br />including Victoria Hudson (a poster presentation), Nicholas Cordeiro (oral health) and <br />Iulia Vann and Tommy Green (F.I.T. Program). <br /> <br />Susan Elmore added that the ANCBH also has awards. She encouraged staff to go to their <br />website and complete an application next year as it’s a great opportunity to reward for a job well <br />done. <br /> <br />B. Media Items <br /> <br />Kristin Prelipp, Communications Manager, briefly mentioned the article topics of the F.I.T. <br />Program, a radio interview hosted by Frank Stasio in which Dr. Evan Ashkin and Tommy Green <br />participated, rabies and the Safe Syringe Program that were included in the Media Items packet. <br /> <br />Media items were in the packet which focused on Orange County’s events and our <br />involvement in various efforts. <br /> <br /> <br />VIII. Board Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br /> <br />IX. Adjournment <br /> <br />Jessica Frega moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:05pm and Commissioner Mia <br />Burroughs seconded. <br /> <br />The next Board of Health Meeting will be held September 26, 2018 at the Orange County <br />Health Department, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Quintana Stewart, MPA <br />Orange County Health Director <br />Secretary to the Board