ANCBH: Association of North Carolina Boards of Health
ANCBH: Association of North Carolina Boards of Health

Phone: (704) 300-1365
(ans. mach.)

General E-mail: ancbh@ancbh.org

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Association of North Carolina Boards of Health
3420 Ridge Road
Durham, NC 27705-5538
At the 2007 Annual Meeting
January, 2007 Annual Meeting.  Barbara Ann Hughes, out-going Past-President, presents the Carl Durham Award to David Sandifer of Brunswick County for his leadership and advocacy in public health.  Don Yousey, Brunswick County Health Director, is on the right.

Awards

Each year, the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health recognizes individuals and groups for their contributions to and accomplishments in public health with three awards:

  • Outstanding Board of Health Award
  • Carl Durham Award
  • Robert Ed Strother Award

The criteria for each award include:

  • Community Involvement
  • Citizen Support
    • At 2005 NALBOH Meeting
    At 2005 Meeting of the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH). Dennis Harrington, Chief of the Local Health Services Section for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and recipient of NALBOH's 2005 Southeast Regional Award with Rachel Stevens, past-President of ANCBH.
  • Inter-agency Collaboration
  • Innovative Approaches
  • Impact on Public Health

View/download Nomination Form (PDF)

List of Awards

Outstanding Board of Health

  • The Nominee for this award must be an ANCBH Institutional member of ANCBH.
  • The board’s leadership in public health accomplishments must be clearly evident.
  • The accomplishment must either have documented results or be currently producing intended results.
  • The activity may be accomplished through the health department, other agencies, or groups.

Carl Durham Award

The Nominee for this award:

  • Must be an Institutional, individual, associate, or emeritus member of ANCBH.
  • Has made significant contributions to public health.
  • Is an effective advocate for public health at local, regional, and/or state levels.

Robert Ed Strother Partnership Award

The Nominee for this award has established and/or fostered a public-private partnership, which has improved public health for the community.

Examples of Previous Recipients

Carl Durham Award

David Sandifer of Brunswick received the 2006 Carl Durham Award; see this 21st Annual Meeting article for more information.

Donald Blake, Chairperson of the New Hanover County Board of Health received the 2005 Carl Durham Award for his outstanding service and involvement with many significant public health issues including: adopting regulations governing temporary food facilities at festivals; pushing for the current statewide “clean plate” requirements for buffets and food bars; procuring funding for a dental van to serve the needs of low-income children; revising the county’s no-smoking policy; ushering in additional health department inspectors for restaurants; and updating rules for private drinking-water wells.

Outstanding Board of Health Award

The 2005 award was bestowed on the Gaston County Board of Health for its leadership as demonstrated by its growing commitment and comfort in working with the community to solve controversial and challenging policy issues. The three major issues that the board dealt with were: infant mortality, teen pregnancy, and strategic planning.

Robert Ed Strother Award

Forsyth County Department of Public Health received the Robert Ed Strother Award for its Infant Reduction Mortality Project that involved the participation of different community members, organizations, and institutions.