History of ANCBH A newsletter article is presented below. Read a draft outline of the history of ANCBH here. “… Board of health members are the bedrock of local public health, a foundation for our future, and a strength on which we can build.” — Carl Durham, ANCBH Founding Member and First President The following is a small article as it appeared in the September, 2002 ANCBH newsletter. It provides a thumbnail sketch of ANCBH’s return to the status of an all-volunteer association. The author is Barbara Ann Hughes, PhD, a past president of ANCBH. “In 1993, as a way to invest in the education of new Board of Health members across the state, the General Assembly started a $100,000 grant in aid to ANCBH. This arrangement worked fine until the state budget crisis caused the cancellation of this grant in 2001. Fortunately, the Division of Public Health of the University of North Carolina, believed in the value of training, applied for, and was granted $70,000 from the state to continue training. A UNC Board of Health Proposed Training Plan was written on September 24, 2001. An agreement was made between the Division of Public Health and ANCBH to allow for the continued training of local Board of Health members. The agreement, signed on January 14, 2002, provided for employees to be appointed for a period of either 3 or 5 years to carry out this training from within the Institute of Public Health of the Division of Public Health of UNC. Carmine Rocco became a staff member of the Institute for Public Health, and continued to conduct training of local board members. He tendered his resignation to become the Local Health Director for Warren County, North Carolina. The Board of Directors meets quarterly and is committed to offering more and valuable services to its membership.” Historical Outline of the ANCBH This historical outline provides highlights from the Association’s past and it is presented to provide some background information to those who have little information about the Association. 1985 The seed for the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health was sown when a Steering Committee was appointed after a seminar on “The Future of Public Health for Local Boards of Health” held in Chapel Hill, NC. 1986 First Annual Meeting of ANCBH is held in September in Greensboro, NC. Articles of Incorporation were signed in November. 1987 Staff was hired including Vaughan Mamlin Upshaw, a founding member of the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH). Second Annual Meeting of ANCBH was held in Fayetteville, NC. 1988 Established independent office in Pittsboro, NC. Received IRS tax exempt status. Pilot Board of Health Orientation Program occurred in Charlotte, NC. Third Annual Meeting of ANCBH in Winston-Salem, NC. 1989 ANCBH Board of Directors approved hiring a part-time assistant. Receive $5,000 grant from W. K. Kellogg for research and development of board health manual. Fourth Annual Meeting of ANCBH in Charlotte, NC. W. K. Kellogg approved a grant for $310,311. 1990 Grant Review Committee appointed. 1993 General Assembly allocated a $100,000 grant in aid to ANCBH to invest in the education of new Board of Health members across the state. General Assembly ratified Senate Bill 1505 which included the continuation of a $100,000 grant-in-aid through DHHS to ANCBH to invest in the education of new Board of Health members across the state. 1994 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. 1995 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. First Emeriti Reception was held. 1996 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. 1997 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. Carmine Rocco joins ANCBH as Executive Director in September. 1998 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. 1999 General Assembly grant-in aid continued. David Phillips, teenage son of ANCBH Board member Charles Phillips of Cabarrus County, volunteers to develop and establish the first ANCBH website. 2000 General Assembly grant-in aid continued but funding is in jeopardy. 2001 General Assembly cuts the $100,000 grant in aid to ANCBH. ANCBH entered into a short-term contract with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health to assist with the downsizing. Contract terminated on June 30, 2002. ANCBH receives the North Carolina Public Health Association's Partners in Public Health Distinguished Group Award. 2002 ANCBH Executive Director resigned. NCIPH wins a grant to provide orientation training to local board of health members. ANCBH files are relocated to NCIPH. 2003 ANCBH Board of Directors began to reassess its organization and role with an all-volunteer structure. 2004 ANCBH continued to assess its organization and role, looked back to re-connect with its history, and then began planning for the future. 2005 Bylaws were amended to add an Emeriti membership category. Membership survey was conducted. Affiliation agreement was signed with the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH). Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health. Website was evaluated for necessary changes. 2006 The January 2006 annual meeting presented an educational session on accreditation, the most frequently requested topic in the membership survey. The website receives major changes.

ANCBH Public Health Nursing Conference May 31, 2024 Raleigh, NC 1/1 Photos courtesy of Hannah Rodgers, MPH, ANCBH Board Member and Alecia Smith, Ph.D., Communications and Public Relations Manager Durham County Health Department

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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 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

Recognizes outstanding public health workers, educators, and students. Provides financial support for members to attend conferences and meetings. Current and Past Award Recipients Robert L. Strother Award 2020: Warren County Health Department (Dr. Margaret Brake) and H.O.P.E Regional Medical Clinic (Demaura Russell) 2 020: Yadkin County Health Department (Jessica Wall) and Hands of Hope Medical Clinic (Marty Driver) 2023: Surry County Health and Nutrition Center and Mark Willis, Director of the Surry C ounty Office of Substance Abuse and Recovery 2024: Christie Sykes, RN, Alamance County Refugee Program 2025: Dr. Bahby Banks and Pillar Consulting Carl Durham Award 2020: Eva Brown (Warren County) 2023: Surry County Board of Health (Eddie Jordan, Chairman) 2024: Catawba County Environmental Health Team 2025: Rachel Royce, PhD, MPH (Orange County) Vaughn Upshaw Award 2020: Tanvi Shaw 2021: Aoife O'Connor 2022: Karina Gonzalez 2023: Karina Gonzalez 2024: N/A 2025: N/A Robert Blackburn Award 2020: Jessica Lynn Mrugala 2021: Megan DeMarco 2022: Samuel Elliott Krause 2023: Robert Zerniak 2024: N/A 2025: N/A Outstanding Board of Health Award 2023 : Stanly County’s Consolidated Health and Human Services Board 2024: Guilford County Board of Commissioners 2025: Madison County Board of Health ANCBH President's Award 2024: Dr. Benjamin W. Tillett (Person County) 2025: Ms Edna Hensey (Wake County)

Supporting local Boards of Health to meet Accreditation Standards Accreditation The North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation website is the definitive source for information about the accreditation process for BOH members in North Carolina. The NC Institute for Public Health offers the official training courses for new and current BOH members. For members’ convenience, here are some quick links: NC Institute for Public Health (also see the CE Information link on the ANCBH Resources tab above) NC Local Health Department Accreditation Home Page Health Department Self-Assessment Materials Flowchart of the Accreditation Process Board of Health Operating Procedures Template (Word document download)

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)

Membership To join ANCBH, please complete and submit your name, email address, phone number, address to our Executive Director, Merle Green, at mgreen4@triad.rr.com and copy to merle.green@alamance-nc.com . Please also indicate what county you serve in. You will be asked for a current resume/CV, a reference letter from your Board of Health Chair or Health Director and a short statement indicating your desire to join the board. Call for Directors Nominations: ANCBH Nominations Committee welcomes nominations for Board of Directors anytime. Download the nominations form here. The Association has four membership categories defined in its bylaws and they are: Institutional Open to North Carolina County or District Boards of Health, County or District Boards of Human Services, and Public Health Authorities upon payment of dues. Institutional members have voting privileges at the Association’s Annual Meeting. An institutional member shall designate one member of its current governing board to vote on behalf of that institution on any matter to which a member is entitled to vote, and shall notify the association of the name and address of its designee. Individual Current board members of a governing body that holds institutional membership are automatically individual members without payment of dues. Associate Open to all former Board members and other persons who support the goals of ANCBH upon payment of dues. Director Emeritus Open to duly qualified former members of the ANCBH Board of Directors who are elected to this honorary status by a vote of the Board of Directors. The Director Emeritus is an honor that is bestowed only on those leaders in public health who have served on the ANCBH Board of Directors. Director Emeriti are entitled to: Be represented on the current Board of Directors Attend all Board of Director meetings and functions Click here to download the current list of Emeriti Members. BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATION FORM WHY HDs NEED TO SUPPORT AND JOIN ANCBH

PARTNERS NC Citizens for Public Health NC Assoc of Local Health Directors NC Local Health Dept Accreditation National Association of Local BOH