The 55th Annual Eastern District North Carolina Public Health Association and NCPHA Spring Conference
“Making Public Health Personal”
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center - New Bern, NC
May 6-8, 2015
Agenda
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Meet and Greet Mixer
Sponsored by Allan Jones
Courtyard by Marriott
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration
(Registration closed 12:00 – 1:30)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Vendor Set-Up
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Executive Meeting
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM NCALHD Association Meeting
11:15 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch and Opening Session
Presiding:Len Gilstrap, President, EDNCPHA
Lisa Harrison, President NCPHA
Invocation:Angel Lorton, Chaplin,Craven County Hospice
Welcome:Scott Harrelson, Health Director, Craven County Health Dept.
During Lunch
11:45AM-12:15PM County Health Rankings Dashboard Game
Mel Downey-Piper, MPH, CHES, Director of HealthEducation, Durham County Dept. of Public health
12:15PM - 1:30PMBringing Employers to the Table with The Power of 10 to Influence the Economy & County and State Health Rankings
Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD, President and CEO, Prevention Partners
Laura Emerson Edwards, RN, MPA, Director, Center for Healthy North Carolina
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Break
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Epidemiology Hot Topics
Dr. Carl Williams, DVM, DPH-DHHS
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Public Health, Where Do We Go From Here? - New Concerns, Ecigs,
New Regulations, Health Effects, Poisoning, Influences on Children
Sally Herndon, Branch Head and Jim Martin, DHHS Tobacco Control and Prevention
4:30 PM Business Meeting
Len Gilstrap, President
Slate of Officers: Bob Winstead, Past President
Door Prizes Melanie Harper
Wednesday Evening Activities
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Spotlight on Exhibitors/Reception
Convention Center
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Networking/Social
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Environmental Health
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Managing Public Records
(with Manage. Support)Kyna Hersinger—Records Analyst,
State Archives of NC, Gov’t Records
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Soil Science Fundamental-Lower Coastal Plains and Field Applications
Tom Hinson, PG, LSS: CPEC, Inc.
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMLunch (on your own)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Building Leaders & Taking Action
(with Communicable Dawn Morriston—EAHEC
Disease And Nursing)
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Food & Lodging Hot Topics
Cheryl Slachta, Environmental Health Regional Specialist, DHHS
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Environmental Health Update
Larry Michael, Branch Head, DHHS, Environmental Health
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Business Meeting/Awards
Health Education
8:30 AM – 10:00 AMTele-health and Public HealthOpportunities
(with Health Directors,Sheila Davies, PhD., Health DirectorDare County
And Nursing)
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Active Routes to School Coordinator, Region 9 NCALHD
Leah Mayo Acheson, MPH
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Health Education Section Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM NC Center for Public Health Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Tool for Public Health
Amanda Cornett
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Tobacco Free Living Coordinator-Partnership to Improve Community Health
Lisa Phillips
Management Support
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Managing Public Records
(with Environ. Health) Kyna Hersinger—Records Analyst, State Archives of NC, Gov’t Records
10:30 AM - 11:45 AMRe-Accreditation for Local Health Departments and Consolidated Agencies
Dorothy Cilente
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch – On Your Own
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Medicaid Cost Settlement
(with Health Directors) Steven Garner, DHHS
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Business Meeting
Nursing/Physician Extenders
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Tele-health and Public Health Opportunities
(with Health DirectorsSheila Davies, PhD., Health DirectorDare County
and Health Education)
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Hospice in our Communities
Thomas Smith, Business Manager, Craven County Hospice
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Text Neck - How to Identify and Combat this Pain
Dawn McCabe, FNP, BC,Craven County Health Dept.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch on your own
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Building Leaders & Taking Action
(with Communicable Dawn Morrison—EAHEC
Disease and
Environmental Health)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Break—Visit Vendors
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Providing Care to Children with Complex and Chronic Conditions
Dr. Charles Willson
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMPublic Health Liabilities/Trends
Terrie Snowden-The Snowden Company
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Business Meeting
Health Directors
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Tele-health and Public Health Opportunities
(With Health Education Shelia Davies, PhD., Health DirectorDare County
and Nursing)
10:00 AM– 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AMDevelopment of the NC Public Health Training Center—Implications
for Workforce Development, Present and Future
Dr. Stephanie Smith, Dr. Randy Cottrell,
Dr. Justine Reel and Dr. Charlie Hardy
College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Wilmington
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Business Meeting and Lunch
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Medicaid Cost Settlement
(with Management Steven Garner, DHHS
Support)
Thursday Evening Activities
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Networking/Social
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Dance
DJ Greg Dunn
Convention Center
Friday, May 8, 2015
Breakfast and Closing Session
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
Presiding Len Gilstrap, President
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Making a Difference with Policy Makers - What’s Appropriate and What’s Effective
Peg O’Connell, NCPHA Media Consultant, and Sr. Advisor of Government Affairs, Fuquay Solutions
(Immediately following presentation)
Awards and Officer Installation Program
Presiding: Len Gilstrap, President
Awards Presentation:Len Gilstrap, President
On behalf of Awards Committee
Recognition of Section Award Winners
Life Member Awards: Djuana Register, Membership Committee
Scholarships: Rhonda Ashby, Scholarship Committee
Special Awards: Djuana Register, Special Awards
Installation of Officers: Bob Winstead, Past President
Announcements: Len Gilstrap, President
Plaque Presentation: Yulonda McLean, Incoming President
Past President Comments: Len Gilstrap, Past President
Door Prizes: Melanie Harper
Adjourn:Yulonda McLean, Presiding