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Members: Steve Holekamp, Carole Merckle, Paul Montgomery, Don Pingle, Jeff Michaels
Team Leader: Steve Holekamp, sholkamp@odh.ohio.gov, Perry County Health Commissioner
Project: Community Health Assessment. The Perry County Team developed and administered a countywide health needs assessment to identify services that are presently available and those that are needed to provide a well-rounded public health program in Perry County.
Location: Perry County, OH
Members: Gabrielle Brett, Donna Burke, Viki Marsh, Debbie Barrow
Team Leader: Gabrielle Brett, gabrielle.brett@UHhospitals.org, NCI's Cancer Information Service, Partnership Program Coordinator
Project: Colorectal Cancer Screening. The goal of this project was to provide coordination, collaboration and community building such that colorectal cancer screening rates for those individuals 50 years of age and older in Cuyahoga County would increase. In addition, an infrastructure was built within communities in Cuhahoga County to address issues surrounding colorectal cancer screening.
Location: Cuyahoga County, OH
Members: Janice Freeman, Anita Stechshulte, Sherri Recker, Ruth Gerding, Joan Kline, Laura Gulker and Kurt Schroeder
Team Leader: Laura Gulker, lgulker@odh.ohio.gov, Putnam County Health Department, Environmental Health
Project: Illness Outbreak Tabletop Exercise. * The Putnam County project focused on the development of a tabletop exercise focused on a food and/or waterborne illness outbreak. The purpose of the tabletop exercise was to improve internal and external communications within the health department, to test procedures outlined in the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Manual and to test the procedures outlined in the agency’s Emergency Response Plan. All staff members of the Putnam County Health Department participated in a foodborne illness tabletop exercise. The exercise was a test of revisions to the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Manual and the Emergency Response Plan, as made by the OPHLI Team. A secondary project then became necessary as the Team found it essential to educate foodhandlers and the public at large on the importance of four key components in prevention of illness: clean, separate, cook and chill. During the Putnam County Fair a display focusing on these four components was created. Meat thermometers labeled with proper cooking temperatures, as well as educational pamphlets were distributed to fairgoers. Pamphlets were also created for persons wishing to operate a temporary food service. Copies of the Foodborne Illness Outbreak manual, thermometers and pamphlets were made available to participants in the 2005-2006 graduating class of OPHLI in an effort to share information across the state.
Location: Putnam County, OH
Members: Cresha Auck, Ruth Dudding, Lori Scoby
Team Leader: Cresha Auck, cresha.auck@heart.org, American Heart Association, Director of Advocacy-Ohio
Project: Preventing Childhood Obesity. The AHA, along with the Ohio Valley Affiliate and the Athens City-County Health Department, collaborated to effectively combine resources that build upon the existing services in Athens County and the State to help slow the rise in childhood obesity rates though healthy eating and physical activity. This project provided a forum for other partners to assist in the identification gaps and come up with appropriate solutions, especially as it relates to Appalachian communities.
Location: American Heart Association. Southeast OH
Members: Sharon Stanley, Gloria Keefer, Sheryl McCorkle, Kelly Taulbee, Deanna Gordon, Barb Polivka
Team Leader: Sharon Stanley, sstanley@cph.osu.edu, Program Director, Ohio Center for Public Health Preparedness
Project: Nursing Surge Capacity. * The nurses’ project focused on the examination of Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism competencies for public health, using those competencies to develop a training program to empahize the role of public health nursing in assurance of surge capacity for disaster preparedness using an all hazards approach.
Location: Southeast OH
Members: Teresa Morishita, Amna El-tayeb, Jordan Schaul
Team Leader: Teresa Y. Morishita, tmorishita@westernu.edu, Professor and Outreach Veterinarian (Poultry and Wildlife), Western University of Health Sciences
Project: Canada Goose. * This team examined the actual health risks of the public to diseases that can be transmitted from wildlife species, specifically Canada Geese. The purpose of the project was to determine the actual and perceived public health risk of the presence and co-existence of Canada geese in metropolitan areas, including metropolitan parks. In the team's previous research, it was identified that Canada geese can serve as a source of bacteria that are of public health concern. These bacteria include Salmonella species, Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter jejuni which are shed in the feces of Canada geese. Humans can come in contact with these feces during recreational activities and there is concern for potential disease transmission. In addition to these actual risks, a survey was also conducted to determine the public's perception of Canada geese. Another goal of the project was to disseminate this information so that humans sharing these same environments with Canada geese will become more aware of the potential for disease transmission and can take the necessary precautions to prevent the transmission.
Location: Delaware County, OH
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