ORIENTATION SESSION

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ORIENTATION SESSION
Boards of Health
February 5, 2015
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What is a local public health unit?
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(No Transcript)
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Society of Medical Officers of Health of Ontario
Association of Ontario Boards of Health
1986
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Organization Objectives

• To assist local public health units in providing
  efficient and effective services that meet the
  needs of the people of Ontario.
• To assist in establishing, through collaboration
  with other organizations, a unified and powerful
  voice for public health in Ontario which is
  consulted and respected.

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7 BOH Members
7 Affiliates
7 MOHs
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Affiliate Groups

• 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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Benefits of Membership

• Advocacy on issues that impact Boards of Health
  and the operations of public health units
• Support for the BOH Section Executive
• Annual Conference in June
• Opportunities for face-to-face learning
  experiences
• Web-based networking
• alPHa web site
• Communication and Updates
• BOH Orientation Manual
• BOH Governance Toolkit

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Boards of Health Section
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BOH Section Executive
Lorne Coe, Chair Central East Region Durham Region
Julie Roy, Chair Central East Region Northwestern
Abdul Fattah Toronto Toronto Public Health
Mary Johnson Eastern Region Eastern Ontario
Joseph Matko North East Region Porcupine
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BOH Section - Executive Committee Vacancies

• Central West Region
• BRANT
• HALDIMAND
• HALTON
• HAMILTON
• NIAGARA
• WATERLOO
• WELLINGTON DUFFERIN

• South West Region
• CHATHAM-KENT
• ELGIN ST. THOMAS
• GREY BRUCE
• HURON
• LAMBTON
• MIDDLESEX LONDON
• OXFORD
• PERTH
• WINDSOR-ESSEX

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What is Public Health?

• what we, as a society, do collectively to assure
  the conditions in which people can be healthy

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Public Health Its What We Do

• Protection
• Inspections, reducing environmental hazards
• Promotion
• Health education, healthy public policy
• Prevention
• Immunization, screening, injury prevention
• Keeping People Healthy
• Its What We Do

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Types of Board Members

• Elected Official All Boards
• Provincial Appointee 25 Autonomous Boards
• Citizen Representative 5 Boards

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Board of Health Structures

• Autonomous 25
• Regional 7
• Single-Tier 4
• Total 36

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Autonomous

• Representation from obligated municipalities
  defined in HPPA
• May include citizen representatives appointed by
  municipalities
• May have Provincial Appointees
• Staff are employees of the BOH
• 25 majority of health units
• Chatham-Kent / Huron / Lambton
• BOH is independent, but only one municipality
  appoints representatives
• Operates within municipal administrative
  structure, i.e. staff employed by the
  municipality

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Regional

• Regional Municipality takes on responsibilities
  of the BOH
• No citizen representatives
• No provincial appointees
• Staff are employees of the Regional Municipality
• 7 Oxford / Niagara / Durham / Halton / Peel /
• Waterloo / York

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Single Tier
Established or continued under City-specific Acts Established or continued under City-specific Acts
Municipal Council takes on the responsibilities of the BOH No provincial appointees May have citizen representative Staff are employees of municipality City of Hamilton, Norfolk Municipal Council appoints members to a separate BOH No provincial appointees May have citizen representatives Staff are employees of municipality City of Toronto, Ottawa
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Provincial Partners

• Public Health Ontario
• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Public Health Division
• Health Promotion Division
• BOH eLearning Module https//www.ehealthontario.ca
  /portal/server.pt?open512objID2795PageID0cac
  hedtruemode2userID11862
• Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children

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Questions

• Linda Stewart
• Executive Director, alPHa
• linda_at_alphaweb.org
• 416-595-0006 ext. 22