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Oregon Public Health Advisory Board New Member Orientation

Oregon Public Health Advisory Board New Member Orientation. February 2013 Revised December 2013. (Enter) DEPARTMENT (ALL CAPS) (Enter) Division or Office (Mixed Case). Agenda. Welcome, Introductions About the Public Health Division Vision, Mission, Values, Structure PHAB Bylaws PHAB Role

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Oregon Public Health Advisory Board New Member Orientation

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  1. Oregon Public Health Advisory BoardNew Member Orientation February 2013 Revised December 2013 (Enter) DEPARTMENT (ALL CAPS)(Enter) Division or Office (Mixed Case)

  2. Agenda • Welcome, Introductions • About the Public Health Division • Vision, Mission, Values, Structure • PHAB Bylaws • PHAB Role • PHD and the Public Health System • Strategic Plan, State Health Profile, System Assessment • What’s Ahead

  3. Public Health Division

  4. Public Health Division Values

  5. What these values mean to us Service Excellence • Understanding and responding to Oregon public health needs and the people we serve • Pursuing our commitment to innovation and science-based best practices • Foster a culture of continuous improvement Leadership • Building agency-wide and community-wide opportunities for collaboration • Championing public health expertise and best practices • Creating opportunities for individual development and leadership Integrity • Working honestly and ethically in our obligation to fulfill our public health mission • Ensuring responsible stewardship in public health resources Health Equity • Eliminating health disparities and working to attain the highest level of health for all people • Ensuring the quality, affordability and accessibility of health services for all Oregonians • Integrating social justice, social determinants of health, diversity and community Partnership • Working with stakeholders and communities to protect and promote the health of all Oregonians • Seeking, listening to and respecting internal and external ideas and opinions • Exploring and defining the roles and responsibilities of public health staff and partners

  6. Achieving our goals—Priority Areas

  7. To turn our priorities into action, we will: • Work with partners to set a 3-5-year outcome target for each priority area. • Identify initiatives needed to achieve these outcomes. • Identify resources and take action. • Continuously measure progress and course correct, and identify new priorities.

  8. Aligning form and function • Better achieve our vision, goals, and priorities. • Support health transformation. • Improve communications about what we do and why. • Achieve potential cost savings. • Create a more manageable organizational structure.

  9. PHD’s Organizational Structureas of July 1, 2012

  10. Oregon’s plan for ensuring health • State Health Profile • Public Health System Assessment • PHD Strategic Plan • Oregon's Healthy Future

  11. Center Leadership • Lillian Shirley, BSN, MPH, MPA -- Public Health Director • Bobby Green, Sr. – Acting Deputy Public Health Director • Katrina Hedberg, MD, MPH -- State Epidemiologist & Interim State Health Officer • David Leland, MS, PE – Interim Administrator, Center for Health Protection • Jae Douglas, PhD, MSW – Administrator, Center for Prevention & Health Promotion • Tom Eversole, DVM, MS – Administrator, Center for Public Health Practice

  12. Questions

  13. Public Health Legal AuthoritiesPHAB Orientation

  14. Who has public health authority in Oregon? • State Public Health Division, Public Health Director • Boards of Health • Local Public Health Authorities • Local Public Health Administrators • State and local health officers

  15. State Public Health Division authority • Direct supervision and authority over public health in Oregon (ORS 431.110) • Ultimately responsible for enforcing public health laws (ORS 431.120, 431.150, 431.155, 431.170, 432.262) • Enhanced authority during a public health emergency (ORS 431.264, 433.443) • Distributes funds to LPHAs (ORS 431.380)

  16. Local public health authority • Responsible for: • On-the-ground provision of public health services. Minimum activities required in law (ORS 431.416): • Control of disease • Parent and child health services • Environmental health services • Health information and referral services • Collecting and reporting health statistics • Administering and enforcing state and local public health laws • Other activities specified in state/LPHA financial services contract ORS 431.150, 431.157, 431.262, 431.416, 446.425, 448.100, 624.510

  17. Public Health Enforcement Authority • State and local public health authority have authority to: • Investigate possible violations of law • Issue subpoenas, orders, civil penalties • Seek court orders to enforce public health law • Require removal or abatement of toxic substances • Refer matters for possible criminal prosecution

  18. Breadth of public health laws • Disease investigation and control (ORS 431.110, 433.004) • Registering and maintaining vital statistics (ORS 431.110, 432) • Ensuring safe drinking water (ORS 448) • Licensing of hospitals, other health care facilities, home health, in-home care hospice, emergency medical providers (ORS 441, 442, 443, 682) • Licensing of restaurants, pools, spas, tourist facilities, organizational camps (ORS 446, 448, 624) • Control over hazardous substances, radiation sources (ORS 453) • Operation of public health lab, newborn screening (ORS 431.310, 433.285, 438) • Immunization program (ORS 433.092, 433.255) • Oregon Medical Marijuana Act/Death with Dignity (ORS 475/ORS 127) • Certificate of Need (ORS 442) • WIC (ORS 413) • Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (ORS 413) • Reproductive health, Family Planning (ORS 413) • Public Health Preparedness • Enforcement of Indoor Clean Air Act ** this is not an exclusive list

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