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MINUTES-Draft ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH March 27, 2019 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2019 Agenda & Abstracts/ March Page 4  Physical Activity & Nutrition • The OCHD nutrition department offers Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and a Diabetes Self-Management Education Program (DSME) to help prevent and manage certain medical conditions. The MNT program had 782 encounters. The DSME program had 364 enrollments of which 44 were new. • HCOC partners with and serves on the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC). The partnership’s goals include incorporating exercise and healthy eating into daily/weekly activities and encouraging school age youth to get the recommended amount of physical activity to prevent childhood obesity.  Mental Health & Substance Abuse • From 2013-2017, there were 66 suicide-related deaths. • The 2nd Annual ‘’Be the Light’’ Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk was held. There were 100 community residents present and local support included the BOH, BOCC, OCHD Health Director, Hillsborough police department and Mayor Tom Stevens. • Alcohol o The Campus and Community Coalition (CCC) which includes the Town of Chapel Hill, OCHD and Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools partnered and pulled together research on alcohol’s impacts on the underage brain to bring resources to families in our community so they can start a conversation about adolescent substance use. • Tobacco o New bilingual Tobacco Free Signs replaced the outdated and weathered signs which also support the local public school’s 100% Tobacco Free Policy providing a reminder that e-cigarettes are prohibited on school grounds. Ms. Rawlinson stated that this report is desseminated to the NC DPH, BOH, BOCC, HCOC membership and OC government employees. Electronic versions are available online via the HCOC and OCHD websites. She noted that per Benchmark 38, Activity 38.2, for accreditation purposes, the BOH minutes should reflect that the BOH members have received and reviewed the SOTCH report. Lastly, Ms. Rawlinson spoke briefly about the upcoming 2019 CHA. The CHA is a report about the health of the community and the community’s capacity to improve the lives of residents of Orange County. Community involvement helps to ensure that the true needs of the community are identified, accurately represented, and addressed. Collection methods for data collection include focus groups, online surveys and surveys conducted door-to-door. She continued to explain the CHA process which involves 8 phases and takes place over a 12-14 month period. She encouraged the Board member participation in any or all of the CHA process. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Ms. Rawlinson. D. FSA Strategic Plan Update Coby Jansen Austin, Director of Programs and Policy, and Dominika Gazdzinska, Community Outreach Specialist, gave an update on the FSA’s 2019-2022 Strategic Plan. Below are some highlights.  FSA is a collective of various people and organizations that work together to ensure children in OC, whose families struggle to make ends meet, have the opportunity for a healthy, safe and productive life. It was modeled after Harlem’s Children Zone.