BOH Final Minutes of June 23, 2021

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MINUTES - Draft ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 23,2021 o OC population vaccination rates including those that are not eligible to be vaccinated due to age: ■ 64% vaccination have their first dose ■ 61% fully vaccinated o The OC community have been very helpful. Over 1500 volunteers have assisted with phone operations, traffic control, data entry, and being vaccinators. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Mr. DeFranco. B. Community Health Assessment Action Plans Presentation Ashley Rawlinson, Healthy Carolinians of Orange County (HCOC) Coordinator, presented the 2020 State of the County Health Report (SOTCH). The SOTCH is a report that is produced every year in between the Community Health Assessment (CHA). Health Behaviors, Helath Equity and Access to Care are the three priority areas that are focused on in the report. Those three priority areas are also the names of the committees that were formed as a result of the CHA. Below are highlights from Ms. Rawlinson's presentation. • 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 community input sessions and opinion surveys that were conducted in 2019. • The top three leading causes of death in OC remain cancer, heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. They have remained the same as in prior years. • OC has a lower age rate of death than the state of NC. • OC identified its first cases of COVID-19 in March 2020. In April 2020, OC experienced its first COVID-19 death. • As of June 2021, o There were 376,753 COVID tests given in OC; 13,455,767 tests were given in NC. o There were 8.576 total cases of COVID-19; 1,007,273 cases total in NC. o There were 101 deaths in OC; 13,246 total deaths in NC. o There were 94,009 people vaccinated with at least one dose in OC; 4,287,113 for the state of NC. • COVID-19 response efforts included case monitoring and investigation, call center, testing, communications and vaccinations. • Ms. Rawlinson completed a Results Based Accountability (RBA) certification course paid for by DPH. As a result, she assisted and helped facilitate three Area Health Education Center-led RBA trainings. • RBA was used in the CHA action planning process: o Turning the Curve - Is anyone better off? o Results for each group and what the achieved results would look like o Story behind the curve —Where we are/What helps to paint the picture? o Partners —Who should be involved? o What works— No cost/low cost ideas o Strategies/intervention/action — Performance measures • CHA Action Planning S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ June Page 3