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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2019 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Public Health 3.0 <br /> <br />Attachment(s): PowerPoint presentation (to be provided following the meeting) <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Vaughn Upshaw, EdD, DrPH <br /> <br />Purpose: ____ Action <br /> _ X Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />Vaughn Upshaw Professor at UNC Gillings School of Public Health will be presenting <br />on Public Health 3.0. <br /> <br />The term “Public Health 3.0” was coined in 2016 by Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc <br />Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) <br />and is meant to describe a progression or “modernization” of public health goals and <br />missions. <br /> <br />Public Health 3.0 is a more sharply defined focus on addressing ALL the factors that <br />affect a person’s overall health — the social determinants of health or “the conditions in <br />which people are born, live, work, and age.” <br /> <br />Vaughn’s presentation will show the evolution of public health and describe <br />opportunities for public health leaders under 3.0. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> ___Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):