ANCBH Public Health Nursing Conference "Our Nurses, Our Future, You Make a Difference" May 5 2023 Greensboro, NC View program and speakers 1/2 1/2

Food Insecurity in NC: Food Pantries and Food Banks Food insecurity is a Public Health concern. The USDA defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life. According to the organization "Feeding the Carolinas ", 660,000+ children and 1 in 7 Carolinians are food insecure, either temporarily or on a long-term basis. The need is especially acute given the recent significant cuts and elimination of Federal funding that supports food pantries and food banks in NC and across the country. ANCBH will begin to highlight the organizations that are helping to meet this need. We will do this by 1) profiling programs with demonstrated excellence and 2) by providing an index of links to local programs. If you need assistance or know of someone needing assistance, or if you are a DONOR or SUPPORTER , please use these links to reach out to the local program in your community. https://foodfinder.us/ https://feedingthecarolinas.org/ https://food-banks.org/north_carolina-programs.html Profiles in Excellence CHATHAM COUNTY CORA - Chatham Outreach Alliance View their video CORA: Building a Community Without Hunger CORA's mission is to provide nutritious food to community members facing food insecurity. We provide access to healthy food through our choice food pantry, Mobile Markets, and specialized programs like SNACK! and CORApacks, which address the unique needs of children. CORA envisions a healthy, strong, and connected community without hunger, where all people have access to abundant, safe, and nutritious food. Our work helps build a healthy Chatham County where families thrive, children do well in school, and seniors do not face the stress of choosing between food and other necessities. CORA is on track to provide food for over 2 million meals this year, ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry. We are committed to serving everyone with dignity, respect, and compassion. Together, we can create a hunger-free community. Profile sin Excellence

Continuing Education The NC Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides both orientation training and ongoing training for local public health governing boards in North Carolina. Options for Organizing and Governing a Local Health Department These training slides and the accompanying video were provided by the UNC School of Government's Kristi Nickodem, an attorney and Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government. These are excellent resources for Board of Health members as part of an overall Governance training program. If you need to verify your participation in this training for purposes of receiving CE credit or as part of providing documentation for your health department’s accreditation process, a CE self-reporting form is provided here . Download the training slides here and watch the video here . Roles and Responsibilities of Local Public Health Governing Boards This training is provided through funding support from the Local Technical Assistance & Training Branch within the NC Division of Public Health. This two-hour classroom-based session is led by an experienced, retired health director or by a former board of health member and meets NC Local Health Department Accreditation requirement 36.2 which stipulates all new board of health members receive training and reference materials on the authorities and responsibilities of the local board of health within the first year after appointment to a board. Learn more. On-going Training for Local Public Health Governing Boards NCIPH offers a number of training opportunities for local public health governing boards looking to meet ongoing board training requirements for accreditation (i.e., Activity 36.3) or local board policies for regular/annual training. Through a collaboration with the NC AHEC Program, NCIPH can provide expert speakers on topics such as accreditation, community health assessment, community health improvement and evidence-based public health. In addition, NCIPH provides online trainings which may be used as self-paced learning for individual board members or used for group training. Learn more . NC Board of Health Rulemaking Authority This online training is designed to explain rulemaking authority as it applies to a local board of health including the board’s general authority to make rules, limitations on this authority, and procedural requirements that NC law imposes on the rulemaking process. The training may be accessed as needed for “just-in-time” training when boards are actively engaged in rulemaking or used towards meeting requirements for ongoing training for board of health members. Learn more. Introduction to Public Health in NC This free online series of six short modules serves as a basic introduction to the practice of public health in North Carolina. Learn more. Boards of Health Resources NCIPH has compiled a page of resources for local public health governing boards including links to state and national agencies who provide training materials and resources. Learn more.

Resources This section offers educational resources of various types as they become available, in the form of documents to download and useful links. Hurricane Helene: Emergency Resources ANCBH Newsletters CDC Newsroom Directory of Local Health Departments and Directors Interactive Maps – Organization and Governance of NC Human Services Agencies Health Directors Job Description Accreditation Information Continuing Education Information Vaccine Confidence This website has tools and resources for building vaccine confidence in patients and communities Health-Related Web Sites Health Equity and Behavioral Health Integration This resource from AHRQ provides an overview of the role of behavioral health integration in reducing disparities in health and healthcare, and shares practical strategies and resources for ensuring integrated practices are advancing health equity. Restaurant Inspection Scores Covid funding inadequate for NC Public Health Read the Raleigh N&O analysis. ANCBH Meeting Minutes: BOD (restricted access)

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Selected Bibliography Many times, we want more information on preparation of board members in the advocacy area. Listed below is a selected advocacy bibliography each of you can refer to for basic and advanced information in this area. Advocacy from A to Z Robert R. Blackburn, Barbara R. Blackburn, Ronald Williamson Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London 1st edition, 2018 American Public Health Association, APHA Advocates Handbook: A Guide for Effective Public Health Advocacy, American Public Health Association, Washington, 1999 Daly, John. Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2011. Eyerman, Ron and Andrew Jamison, Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998 Franklin,Holly, Advocating for the Public¹s Health: A Training Manual, Association of North Carolina Boards of Health and NCPH, 2001 Guilfoyle, Kimberly. Making the Case: How to be Your Own Best Advocate. HarperCollins, 2015 Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2000, Abacus (Paperback) 2002 Kush, Christopher, The One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take to Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care About, Jossey-Bass, New York, 2004 Kush, Christopher, Cybercitizen: How to Use Your Computer to Fight for All the Issues You Care About, St. Martin¹s Griffin, New York 2000 Kush, Christopher, Grassroots Games: Preparing Your Advocates for the Political Arena, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Washington, 2004 Lencioni, Patrick. Silos, Politics and Turf Wars. Jossey-Bass, New York, 2006. Loue, Sana, Linda Lloyd and Donald O' Shea, Community Health Advocacy, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2003 Rosen, Emanuel, The Anatomy of Buzz: How to Create Word-of-Mouth Marketing, Doubleday & Company, New York, 2000 Stobbe, Mike. Surgeon General’s Warning. University of California Press , 2014. Wallack, Lawrence, Lori Dorfman, David Jernigan, and Makani Themba, Media Advocacy and Public Health, Sage Publication, New York, 1993 North Carolina Legislative Library: The Legislative Library supports the research and information needs of the Legislature, its committees and staff. The Library also offers services to other state agencies and provides limited reference services to the general public. - Submitted by Robert Blackburn, February 2007

ANCBH: Presentations and Lectures 2025 International Public Health Agencies. “Protecting the Health of People Across all Nations” A Discussion with Duke University Medical Science Students Presented by Merle Green, Executive Director ANCBH October 20, 2025 View presentation slides

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Local Boards of Health and Public Health Authority Boards A local board of health is the policy-making, rule-making, and adjudicatory body for public health in the county or counties in its jurisdiction. State statutes give boards of health specific powers and duties. Every type of local board may make local public health rules that apply throughout the board’s jurisdiction. Each board has limited authority to set fees for public health services. Each board also influences the day-to-day administration of the local public health agency. Public health authority boards have expanded powers and duties compared to county and district boards of health. Consolidated human services boards have all of the powers of county and district boards of health, except a consolidated human services board may not appoint the agency director (who is appointed instead by the county manager, with the advice and consent of the board). A consolidated human services board also plays a more active role in the development of the agency’s budget, and has additional powers and duties related to its oversight of other human services programs. North Carolina General Statutes defines both the responsibilities and the composition of local boards of health. The local board of health is charged with being “the policy-making, rule-making and adjudicatory body for a county health department.” And, with few exceptions, the typical board is composed of eleven members: one physician one dentist one optometrist one veterinarian one registered nurse one pharmacist one county commissioner one engineer four general public representatives The exceptions to the 11-member board include boards for a district health department, public health authority, and a consolidated human service agency or public hospital. S.L. 2012-126 (H 438) extends to all counties and creates new options to allow a board of county commissioners to assume the powers and duties of certain boards, create a consolidated human services agency, or take both actions. The options are: Assume direct control of certain boards by adopting a resolution abolishing the board(s) and transferring their powers and duties to the board of county commissioners; Create a consolidated human services agency (CHSA) governed by a consolidated human services board appointed by the county commissioners; or Create a CHSA governed directly by the county commissioners and appoint a health advisory committee. For a comparison of powers and duties by type of board, refer to the attached pdf from this UNC School of Government website: https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/faqs/what-does-local-board-health-do DOWNLOAD COMPARISON OF BOH POWERS