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