Business

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Business Public Health Northampton County

• Maggie Potter, JD
• Associate Dean Director, Center for Public
  Health Practice
• University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of
  Public Health

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Center for Public Health Practicewww.cphp.pitt.ed
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• Contracted by
• Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust
• Three Rivers Health Wellness Foundation
• Working to develop a Health Department Plan for
  the Northampton County Interim Board of Health

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Northampton County Health Department Project

• Purpose
• develop a Health Department Plan, including a
  fiscal analysis, based on minimal core public
  health services and no new county dollars
• Objectives
• Define a minimum core of public health services
• Identify sources and levels of revenue
• Engage stakeholders and address their concerns

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Significant difference in improving health
indicators
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Communicable Disease Control

• Source Rueters/Getty Images

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Chronic Disease Prevention
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Vector Control
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Tobacco Control

• 24.5 of all Pennsylvanians smoke
• 33 of young adult (18-29 year old)
  Pennsylvanians smoke

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Public health-supported health care services
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Public Health Business

• Employers
• have a financial interest in preventing disease
  and promoting health
• Public Health Agencies
• need business partners to extend effective
  programs to workers and families