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Home My WebLink About06-2020 JUNE 27, 2018 MINUTES Deschutes County Health Services Public Health Advisory Board MINUTES MINUTES June 27, 2018 12:00 – 1:30pm Stan Owen, DCHS Building 2577 NE Courtney Drive, Bend Facilitator Keith Winsor, Vice Chair Staff Coordinator Tom Kuhn, Community Health Manager Scribe Lisa Michael Next Meeting August 22, 2018 - Health Services – Stan Owen Conference Room Topic and Lead Introductions & Approval of May Meeting Minutes Introductions were made and Jim motioned to approve the May minutes, which were seconded by Sharity. The Board unanimously approved the minutes as submitted. Brief Announcements & Unfinished Business Tom announced that Peter Boehm has been interviewed and approved by the BOCC for PHAB board membership. Tom is just waiting on the approval letter from the BOCC to officially appoint him. With Peter joining we are now at 13 members. Tom also announced there is no July meeting for summer break. We will reconvene on August nd 22. Brief Priority Work Group updates: Pamela gave an update stating she is sending out an invite to her work group to discuss an expansion of the current work group, which will include Jessica Jacks and others who have expertise in this field. One idea is to present at a future school board meeting. She will also bring up the subject of unintended pregnancies as part of the discussion since over 40% of all pregnancies are not planned. Central Oregon has met the most metric requirements anywhere in the state, but then again our expectations are higher. Dave spoke about vaccinations and told the PHAB they are holding back on the paper to make sure the most current information is available to bring to the BOCC. Rob sent Senator Steiner Hayward a note about vaccination rates dropping again. Rebeckah passed out the climate change flyer that she previously mentioned she is working on and asked for board feedback. There are 4 YAC’s in Deschutes County and Rebeckah will be asking them to collect feedback in the schools. The theme is 30 ways in 30 days to get people to think about making little changes for the better in their daily routine. Rebeckah asked the board to think about ways to publicize the whole climate change campaign and after reviewing everyone’s feedback, she will submit to the BOCC and County PIO for approval. It was suggested that the CDC diagram be moved to the middle of the page so it stands out more. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 Keith went to the last smoke meeting last week and their group reviewed the goals and objectives which are: 1. One stop website for fire information 2. Educational content for the public. 3. Publicity campaign to publicize the website. The work group will meet on a quarterly basis to check in and revise the website if needed. We will review our year at the October retreat. Deschutes County Behavioral Health: Intensive Youth Services Elizabeth Holden, Behavioral Health Program Manager, spoke about the services offered for those in need of higher level care than the traditional outpatient clients. The Intensive Youth Services team provides three specialized programs: 1. Wrap Around – This team works with families with children ages 0 to 18. Their goal is to provide planning and support for the child and their families who are experiencing mental health challenges. 2. EASA – This is a tri-county wide program that provides early assessment services to clients aged 15 to 27 who exhibit bi-polar tendencies or a first episode of psychosis that could potentially lead to schizophrenia if not treated. The BH team helps the client to re-engage socially and maintain family unity. 3. YAT (Young Adults in Transition) – This program provides transitional treatment and intervention helping young adults to become independent, graduate school, find employment and/or housing, maintain friendships and live happy healthy lives. 4. Drop In Center – The Center serves youth aged 14 to 29 and is meant to be a safe and supportive place where youth can have access to computers, charging stations for electronic devices, laundry services, coffee and snacks, information on various social services in the community and connect with other youth who may be experiencing the same situation. There were over 480 visits to the center last year alone and 20 people signed up for services. Elizabeth also noted that staff go out to the area homeless camps to provide support. Public Health Modernization Regional Grant Deschutes County Epidemiologist, Jenny Faith, gave a brief update on the PH Modernization grant. The overall objective is to increase PH capacity in Central Oregon to prevent, analyze and respond to any outbreaks and any disease threats by forming a regional prevention, surveillance and response CD team. Six months ago the OHA released an RFP for grant funding, so we applied. Jenny showed a map of those areas statewide that will be funded including the metro area, eastern Oregon, tri-county (Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook), middle and south valley; although, Josephine and Yamhill Counties are not part of this funding. Example activities for CD prevention will include creating, promoting and providing infection prevention training in LTCFs and child care facilities (75% of all cases in LTCFs are caused by some kind of outbreak, increasing hospital visits and death rates). Also, determining barriers to flu vaccinations, which will increase the need to develop educational materials and provide in-person education and resources prior to the flu season. A .2 FTE will be strictly dedicated to CD prevention regionally for day to day backup. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 Every month department heads from the tri-county region and their associated staff will meet to discuss the progress of the grant. Staff will provide quarterly CD update reports focusing on educating providers and the big picture items, while being more proactive on capacity issues. Heather Kaisner’s role will be to provide communication to providers and the general public in a timelier manner. Smart objectives: 1. Increase the percentage of Central Oregon skilled nursing facility staff who receive an annual flu vaccination. 2. Provide infection prevention training, including vaccination education to 100% of area child care facilities with less than 90% up-to-date vaccination rates and all Head Start facilities by June 30, 2019. 3. Reduce the number of cases associated with norovirus outbreaks in LTCFs from an average of 178 cases per year from 2012-2016 to 161 or less (approximately -10%) from June 30, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Public Health nurse Kari Coe, is putting a list together of where to get flu vaccinations around town and asking about partnering with local pharmacies. So far we are 5 months in doing education and outreach and will be funded through June 2019 with OHA continuing that funding. Adjourn at 1:28 p.m. Action Items:  Board Members Present: Keith Winsor, Charles Frazier, Jim Powell, Tami Pike, Sharity Ludwig, Stacey Witte, Rebeckah Berry, David Huntley, and Robert Ross Staff Present: Tom Kuhn, Pamela Ferguson and Lisa Michael Guest Speakers: Elizabeth Holden (staff), Jenny Faith (staff) BOCC – Board of County Commissioners PHAB – Public Health Advisory Board YAC – Youth Advisory Council PIO – Public Information Officer CDC – Center for Disease Control EASA – Early Assessment & Support Alliance BH – Behavorial Health PH – Public Health CD – Communicable Disease OHA – Oregon Health Authority RFP – Request For Proposal LTCFs – Long Term Care Facilities FTE – Full Time Employee “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20