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i <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />.Item No. _ 9- C,, <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 3, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Accept Continuation of Grant Funds for the Syphilis Elimination Project and Establish a <br />New Public Health Educator Position <br />DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ 1Vo~; <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Continuation Letter from NC DHHS <br />1998 Grant Application from NC DHHS <br />Syphilis Elimination Project Scope of Work <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rosemary Summers, Health Director <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Extension 2411 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel I3i11 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To accept continuation of grant funds for the Syphilis Elimination Project and to establish a new <br />permanent, full-time. Public Health Educator position to provide community education and outreach <br />to targeted populations that are at high risk for syphilis. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In 1998 and now in 1999, North Carolina is ranked first in the nation in the number of primary and. <br />secondary syphilis cases. Syphilis has also been identified as a precursor to higher rates of HIV <br />infection in localities that have high syphilis rates. In 1998, the North Carolina Department of <br />Health and Human Services applied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a <br />grant to reduce syphilis in the state. Five counties that were high morbidity counties were identified <br />for funding in that initial application; Forsyth,. Guilford, Alamance, Orange and Durham were <br />targeted counties with high morbidity rates.. In 1998 Orange County reported 27 cases of primary <br />and secondary syphilis. The CDC awarded the grant for one-year to the state. Orange County <br />received $43,000 to implement the project which includes increasing screening and referrals <br />especially in identified high-risk populations. The health department at that time chose to hire a <br />temporary outreach worker to work on the project since the grant funding was only identified for <br />one year. <br />In the late spring of 1999, the NC Department of Health and Human Services applied for a <br />continuation grant from the CDC for this project. Attached is a letter that indicates that the CDC <br />has approved this project for four additional years of level funding. ($43,000 for Orange County). <br />The attachment entitled; "Syphilis Elimination Project Scope of Work" outlines the program that is <br />already in progress. In Orange County, the temporary outreach worker has secured agreements with <br />the IFC Homeless Shelter and with Freedom House for testing and education of identified <br />individuals at these facilities. In addition, discussions are underway to implement a plan for testing <br />and education at the Orange County Jail. <br />
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