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MINUTES - Draft <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> August 26,2020 <br /> supplies, etc. to help them keep well at home. Participants are scheduled for a lab <br /> only appointment and then are scheduled for a MNT telehealth appointment. <br /> • Community partnerships include establishing relationships with people individually to <br /> better help them linked to services and working with the OC Department of Aging as <br /> they wanted more health promotion and nutrition services. Nutrition Services is also <br /> partnering with UNC to enhance the community health worker role. <br /> • Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) <br /> ➢ DPP is a 16-week class for people with prediabetes or who are at risk for Type 2 <br /> diabetes make realistic and achievable lifestyle changes that can cut their risk of <br /> developing Type 2 diabetes by 50%. The goal is to help them lose at least 5% of <br /> their body weight and/or to achieve 150 minutes or more physical activity per week. <br /> Grant funding is used to provide prizes to aid in behavior change. <br /> • Employee Wellness <br /> ➢ Background — Human Resources agreed to give a portion of their wellness funds to <br /> pay for one of the OCHD's registered dietitian's salary. A small portion of that allows <br /> the nutrition services to be able to provide services to employees that are not <br /> covered under the employee county health plan. <br /> ➢ 100 appointments (61 individual and 39 group) have occurred. A variety of topics <br /> including meal planning and New Year's weight management have been offered as <br /> well as department-specific presentations conducted. <br /> The BOH members had questions and comments that were addressed by Ms. Kemske. <br /> B. Child Fatality Task Force Report <br /> Quintana Stewart, OC Health Director, provided a summary of the 2019 Child Fatality <br /> Prevention Team (CFPT) Annual Report. Before she began, Ms. Stewart, filling in for Pam <br /> McCall as she recently retired, stated that the CFPT meets on a quarterly basis, now virtually <br /> due to COVID-19, and briefly explained its purpose which included reviewing medical records, <br /> discussing outcomes, identifying deficiencies and carrying out recommendations to prevent <br /> further child deaths. The CFPT members' composition is defined by statute and includes <br /> members of law enforcement, school, mental health, EMS and providers. <br /> In 2019, the CFPT reviewed 7 child deaths. There was 1 system issue identified — unsafe sleep <br /> environment. The team's recommendation was to strengthen the message of safe sleep habits <br /> to parents. A plan was developed to produce a video on Safe Sleep to run in waiting rooms and <br /> other places where caregivers will be able to view. There was discussion amongst BOH <br /> members related to suggestions of running the video at the REC centers and partners' websites <br /> and including messaging in the video that mentions the correct and not so safe sleeping habits <br /> for caregivers to view. <br /> The BOH members had questions and comments that were addressed by Ms. Stewart. <br /> C. 4th Quarter Financial and Billing Dashboards <br /> Rebecca Crawford, Financial &Administrative Services Director, gave a report on the 4t" <br /> quarter revenue and billing accuracy. Her report is as follows: <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2020 Agenda &Abstracts/ <br /> August Page 3 <br />