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Home My WebLink AboutPHAB 09-03-24 minutes Minutes Public Health Advisory Board (PHAB) September 3, 2024 12:00 – 1:30pm Stan Owen Room, Health Services Building 2577 NE Courtney Dr., Bend LUNCH PROVIDED Facilitator Rob Ross, MD, PHAB Chair Staff Coordinator Tom Kuhn, PHAB Coordinator Scribe Aimee Burroughs Next Meeting October 1, 2024 – Virtual Meeting Topic and Lead Notes Gathering and Lunch 15 minutes (12:00-12:15) Introductions (Begin Livestreaming)/Attendance 5 minutes – All Attendance: Erin Fitzpatrick, Sharity Ludwig, Thomas Kuhn, Rob Ross, Mathew Christensen, Phil Chang, Colleen Sinsky, Sarah Barron, Lindsay Atagi, Emily Burkesmith (12:15-12:20) Approval of the May & August Minutes 5 minutes  Approval for May and August minutes- Approved (12:20-12:25) Announcements and Updates 10 minutes  Any Public Comment? o None  Tom’s new role – Tom o Transitioned from position of Manager to Project Manager  Will go into more detail of job duties at the next meeting  PHAB Survey – Tom & Colleen o Colleen and Tom met last week for a review of the PHAB Survey, they will finalize the survey and send out in the near future as they are hoping to have results before the November meeting. o The survey will help with current member makeup and where we can focus on for recruitment  Climate and Health Update on August 6 “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 9/18/24 o Sarah Worthing presented on Climate and Health update  Everyone, please watch the presentation on the BOCC page and provide your feedback to Sarah Worthington  Membership update: Leila Stewart applied for PHAB membership. She will be invited to a meeting after she attends everyone can review her application  Arianne Powell will attend an October meeting in person and decide who will represent COIC to become a PHAB member  Community Health Summit (2 days) o focus on integrated approach to traditional health workers and BH o Areas of focus: TIC, integrated healthcare approach and continuing education units, palliative care and housing. o OHA, Pacific Source will be present. o Target audience is traditional health workers and clinic staff.  American Rescue Plan Fund- providing 3 classes and hoping to push videos out into the community and high schools so that they can have a better understanding of what PH is and what careers are offered in PH. o Classes will be offered in Madras, Prineville and Bend o Sarah will be sending e-mails out in hopes to get some PH volunteers to help presenting to the class (12:25-12:35) Update on Changes in Oregon’s Drug Overdose Mortality Crisis 55 Minutes – Mathew Christensen, PhD, Epidemiologist  PP Slides presented – sent out with notes  In the last 4 years OR has experienced changes from drug overdose mortality rates o Moved from the one of the lowest to one of the highest states o OR saw its largest single year increase in 2023 resulting in substantially higher than the national rate o 2023 40 deaths per 100k  2023 5 counties, Multnomah, Lane, Jackson, Josephine, and Curry were all above rates of 50 per 100k nd o Multnomah County is ranked 2 among largest counties in the US for nd rates of 77 per 100k (2 highest in the nation) o Deschutes has a rate of 12 per 100k  In 4 years, Oregon’s drug overdose mortality rates moved from the bottom quartile of the United States to top quartile  2023 Oregon rate 40 deaths per 100k o Viewed maps from 2020-2023 o Multnomah county has census track data with numbers of OD deaths, EMX calls etc. for viewing if you want to dig more into data linked here  Reviewed toxicology results of OD deaths  Rx opioid and Heroin have decreased  GOOD NEWS: there has been a decrease in the past few months for ED visits in OR due to opioid OD August 2023 highest peak of OD rates and since then they have been declining both in OR and nationally o Could be due to Harm Reduction- push of Narcan “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 9/18/24 o Supply chain of chemicals for Fentanyl o Treatment resources from Measure 110 o Housing trends  Meth and stimulants ED visits no big change  Bend wastewater data is showing a decreased trend for fentanyl although meth use has not changed  Conclusion-Deschutes County has doubled over the last 4 years when other communities in Oregon have had larger increases  23 overdose deaths currently in 2024  Data does show that majority of OD deaths are housed population  If you have specific questions please feel free to e-mail Mathew o Rob requests: Epinephrine prescriptions and Treatment data source around active pt. treatment (12:35-1:30) Adjourn Action Items:  Tom will add PHAB to the monthly e-mail for Deschutes County Health Services Overdose Surveillance, Response, and Communication - Health Intelligence Briefing  Mathew: reach out to Rob Ross about request: Epinephrine prescriptions and Treatment data source around active pt. treatment “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 9/18/24