Partnerships Across the Sectors
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Significance Streamline Resources Eliminate Parallel Processes Build Effective & Efficient Systems Discern & Minimize Gaps Improve Health for All Statewide & in York County
State & Federal Data Sources CHNA – Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data – 2008 U.S. Census Bureau – Maine Health Data Organization – Maine Cancer Registry – Maine Department of Labor Employment Statistics
Maine CDC Administered Surveys MIYHS Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey Funded by ME CDC (Tobacco Settlement Funds & MCH Match Funds); OSA (Federal SA Block Grant); Me DOE (US CDC funds) BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data (Funded by US CDC) PRAMs Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Funded by US CDC)
Together We Can do Better Work to identify populations with health disparities – Native Americans – Immigrants & Refugees – GLBTQ – Low SES – Rural Communities – Literacy Challenges – Other Concerted effort to focus on gaps in data Promote Health Equity
Maine CDC Reorganization Strengthening of Public Health Infrastructure New Changes – Office of Local Public Health is now a Division – WIC, PHN, RHPC, and District Public Health are within this new Division – MCH with CDD-Now Division of Population Health – Women’s Health joined Office of Minority Health
Contact Information Sharon Leahy-Lind, MPPM York District Public Health Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Health and Human Services 890 Main Street, Suite 208 Sanford, ME (Office) (Cell) (Fax)
Breakout Sessions Access to Primary Care Deb Erickson-Irons & Betsy Kelly Immunization Maryanna Arsenault & Karen Cobbett Obesity Bethany Fortier & Patty Gulnac