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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-2020 DECEMBER 4 2019 MINUTES Deschutes County Health Services Public Health Advisory Board MINUTES MINUTES December 4, 2019 12:00 – 1:30pm Stan Owen Room, DCHS Building 2577 NE Courtney Dr., Bend Facilitator Rebeckah Berry, Vice Chair Staff Coordinator Tom Kuhn, Community Health Manager Scribe Hailey Barth Next Meeting January 22, 2020, Stan Owen Room, 2577 NE Courtney Dr., Bend Topic and Lead Introductions and Approval of September & October Meeting Minutes Introductions were made and Rebeckah asked for a motion to approve the September and October minutes. Steve requested a correction to the October minutes regarding being misquoted. With that edit, Jim motioned to approve, which was seconded by Robert. The Board unanimously approved the minutes as submitted. Brief Announcements & Unfinished Business Jim shared with the group that he sent Tom and Dave an interesting news article regarding immune memory being affected by measles. Tom said he will forward this data to the group. Guest Vanessa Sheets, former health journalist and public health community educator, attended the meeting to represent the 35,000 children across the state who rely on nonmedical exemptions for vaccines at schools. Vanessa explained that she and the other guests protect children’s informed consent rights, and discussed the rise of chronic illness in children related to vaccines. Vanessa said she will share more CDC information with Tom, and asked that he forward to the full group. Kate Wells resigned from the PHAB due to her position changing at PacificSource. Tanya Nason was recommended to take her place as being the conduit between health workers and community members to the health plan. Hillary asked if PacificSource is participating in universal home visiting. Tanya explained they are partnering with the regional effort with the hope to embed more doulas in the health plan. If Tanya chooses to join the PHAB, a formal application and an interview are to follow as next steps. Rebeckah provided the group with an overview of the 2019 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo she attended on November 2-6. She shared that the event had 3 full days of opening sessions and breakout sessions, with 250 options in each block to choose from. Rebeckah said she attended numerous interesting and diverse sessions and will share her full notes with the PHAB once finalized. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 Tom reminded the PHAB that one of their major roles is supporting Deschutes County Health Services in their accreditation efforts. He updated the group that a final site visit was conducted for re-accreditation, and the county was only questioned about one item. DCHS Quality Improvement Analyst Channa Lindsay will be joining a future PHAB meeting to discuss this process in further detail. Tom provided the group with a handout that depicted updates from the October 2019 Board Retreat. He said he will update the group at the next meeting as he wants Keith to be present for the discussion. Regional Health Improvement Plan Update Rebeckah shared that the final draft of the RHIP is currently under review, and reminded the group of the 6 priority areas that were identified: 1. Upstream Prevention: Promotion of Individual Well-Being 2. Promoting Enhanced Physical Health Across Communities 3. Behavioral Health: Increased Access & Integration 4. Substance & Alcohol Misuse, Prevention and Treatment 5. Stable Housing & Support 6. Addressing Poverty and Enhancing Self-Sufficiency Rebeckah added that 24 metrics are included in the RHIP that can be updated on a yearly basis to help track progress. She explained that 30 different organizations contributed to the creation of the document, and the draft will be finalized on December 6 with an official release on January 9, 2020. More discussion to come at next month’s meeting. Environmental Health Fees Eric Mone and Tom shared a presentation with the group and explained that they will also be presenting it to the BOCC at an upcoming meeting. They asked that the PHAB provide feedback and constructive criticism on the presentation before going before the BOCC. Eric and Tom will be requesting a letter of support from the PHAB regarding environmental health fee increases and a 1.0 FTE position that the fee increases will help support. Eric and Tom highlighted the following topics during their presentation:  FY 10 Facility Statistics  The busy times in Environmental Health  Photos of issues found  Environmental Health customer service and how issues can be reported  FY 19 restaurant license revenues  Restaurant fees comparisons and the proposed increase  Increased revenue for FY21 and the anticipated budget  The increase in mobile food units and the need for a 1.0 FTE position to assist with inspections of these unites Eric provided a handout to the group that highlighted revenue for Environmental Health. He shared the team is under a great deal of pressure due to the large increase of inspections that are needed in Deschutes County, primarily related to the doubling of mobile food units within the past 5 years. The BOCC approving the fee structure fir FY21 would allow for additional revenue to support the 1.0 FTE EH inspector that is greatly needed as the number of mobile food units continue to rise causing a heavy workload for the small EH team. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 Robert, Jim, and Rebeckah motioned to approve a letter of support for the increase Environmental Health budget on behalf of the PHAB. Meeting Adjourned at 1:42pm Action Items:  Tom to forward Jim’s article about measles and immune memory to the gull group.  Rebeckah to send her APHA notes to the full group once finalized.  Tom to send Vanessa’s CDC data to the full group.  Board Retreat Overview and RHIP Discussion to be added to the January 2020 PHAB Agenda Board Members Present: Rebeckah Berry, James Powell, Robert Ross, Tami Pike, & Steve Strang Staff Present: Hillary Saraceno, Heather Kaisner, Pamela Ferguson, Tom Kuhn, Eric Mone, George Conway, & Hailey Barth Guests and Guest Speakers: Tanya Nason (PacificSource), Vanessa Sheets (Guest), Kerry Blomgren (Guest) CDC – Center for Disease Control and Prevention PHAB – Public Health Advisory Board EH – Environmental Health BOCC – Board of County Commissioners “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20