board of health orientation session
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Association of Local Public Health Agencies February 10, 2011. Board of Health orientation session. al PH a – Your Association. Local Public Health Units Boards of Health Medical Officers of Health Senior Management A collective voice - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BOARD OF HEALTH ORIENTATION SESSION
Association of Local Public Health AgenciesFebruary 10, 2011
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alPHa – Your Association
Local Public Health Units– Boards of Health– Medical Officers of Health– Senior Management
A collective voice
Focus on professional development, advocacy and public health system issues
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alPHa’s Mission Statement
alPHa, through a strong and unified voice, advocates for public health policies, programs and services on behalf of member health units in Ontario
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alPHa’s Board of Directors
21 Directors– 7 Board of Health Members
Board of Health Section
– 7 Medical Officers of Health Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health
– 7 Affiliate RepresentativesAffiliates
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alPHa’s Affiliates
ANDSOOHA– Public Health Nursing Management
AOPHBA– Association of Ontario PH Business Administrators
APHEO– Association of PH Epidemiologists
ASPHIO– Association of Supervisors of PH Inspectors of Ontario
OAPHD– Ontario Association of PH Dentistry
HPO– Health Promotion Ontario
OSNPPH– Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in PH
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alPHa’s Board of Directors
Meets 5 times per yearAdvocacy CommitteeProfessional Development Steering Committee1 year term for PresidentPresident alternates annually between BOH and
MOH representativeCurrent President, Valerie Sterling, Toronto
Board of HealthVice President, Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, (HKPR)
Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health
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Board of Health Section
You!
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Board of Health Section – YOU!
All Board of Health Members in OntarioMeet face-to-face 3 times per year
– February– June– November
Networking and information sharingListserveExecutive Committee member communication
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BOH Section Executive
7 Members5 Meetings per yearElection in June2 year termRepresent BOHs on alPHa’s Board of DirectorsPolicies and Procedures
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Current BOH Executive
Mary Johnson, Chair (Eastern Ontario)Maria Harding (Thunder Bay) Valerie Sterling (Toronto) Joseph Matko (Porcupine)Colleen Jordan (Durham Region)Vacancy – South West RegionVacancy – Central West Region
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Executive Committee Vacancy
South West Region CHATHAM-KENT
ELGIN ST THOMAS
Term to June 2011 GREY BRUCE
HURON
LAMBTON
MIDDLESEX LONDON
OXFORD
PERTH
WINDSOR-ESSEX
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Executive Committee Vacancy
Central West Region BRANT
HALDIMAND
Term to June 2012 HALTON
HAMILTON
NIAGARA
WATERLOO
WELLINGTON DUFFERIN
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What IS a Board of Health?
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What IS a Board of Health?
Autonomous 22Autonomous/Integrated 3 Regional 7Single-Tier 3Semi-Autonomous 1
Total 36
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Autonomous
Separate from any municipal organization Multi-municipal representation (including citizen
representatives appointed by municipalities)May have Provincial Appointees
22 – majority of health units
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Autonomous/Integrated
Only one municipality appoints representatives (including citizen representatives)
May have provincial appointeesOperates within municipal administrative
structure
3 – Chatham-Kent / Huron / Lambton
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Regional
Boards are Councils of Regional Government (federations of local municipalities)
No citizen representativesNo provincial appointees
7 – Oxford / Niagara / Durham / Halton / Peel /Waterloo / York
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Single-Tier
Board is Council of a Single Tier Municipality (area with only one level of municipal government)
No citizen representativesNo provincial appointees
3 – Haldimand-Norfolk / Hamilton / Ottawa
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Municipal - Semi-Autonomous
Single-tier Council appoints members to a separate "board of health" (including citizen representatives)
Council approves budget and staffingNo provincial appointees
1 - Toronto
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What is a Health Unit?
Different names– Health Unit– Health Department
– Toronto Public Health– Eastern Ontario Health Unit
All governed by a Board of Health
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Public Health
Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community
Programs and services focus on the community, not the individual
Focus on what makes and keeps people healthy
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Public Health
Protection– Inspections, reducing environmental hazards
Promotion– Health education, healthy public policy
Prevention– Immunization, screening, injury prevention
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Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA)
Defines boards of health and who sits on themDefines duties and responsibilities of BOHsFor MOHs, provides authority to inspect,
enforce, and issue ordersGives Minister of Health right to investigateGives BOH responsibility to ensure the delivery
of the Ontario Public Health Standardshttp://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/index.html
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Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS)
Program StandardsProtocolsGuidance documents
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/ophs/index.html
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OPHS - PRINCIPLES
Boards of Health shall be guided by the following principles:
– Need– Impact– Capacity– Partnership and Collaboration
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OPHS – FOUNDATIONAL STANDARD
Evidence as foundation for PH practice
Population health assessment– Includes social determinants of health and health
inequities
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OPHS – PROGRAM STANDARDS
Chronic Diseases and Injuries Family Health Infectious DiseasesEnvironmental HealthEmergency Preparedness
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Boards of Health
Oversight Role for:– priority setting– planning and evaluation of OPHS– fiscal accountability– labour relations
Accountable to the communityHire the Medical Officer of Health and any
Associate Medical Officers of Health
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Key Players and Their Roles
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Key Players
Medical Officers of Health– Directs the overall provision of programs and services– Directs staff of the HU– Reports to the BOH on program and service issues– Accountable to the BOH for day-to-day operations
Associate Medical Officers of Health– Under direction of MOH– Assists in performing duties of MOH– Empowered to act as MOH when MOH is absent
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Key Players
Chief Medical Officer of Health Independent advocate for public healthHired by the 3 political partiesReports annually to the legislature in the
independent roleWorks closely with government Can act anywhere in Ontario with the powers of
an MOHDr. Arlene King
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Key Players
Assistant Deputy Minister, Public HealthAdministrative lead for the Public Health
Division in the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care
Responsible for funding decisionsResponsible for accountability agreementsAllison Stuart
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Key Players
FUNDERSMunicipalitiesMinistry of Health and Long-term CareMinistry of Health PromotionMinistry of Children and Youth Services
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Key Players
OAHPP– Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
AMO– Association of Municipalities of Ontario
OCCHA– Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation
OPHA– Ontario Public Health Association