Boards of Health

O R I E N T A T I O N S E S S I O N

February 5, 2015

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What is a local public health unit?

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Association of Ontario Boards of Health Society of Medical Officers of Health of Ontario

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Organization Objectives

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To assist local public health units in providing efficient and effective services that meet the needs of the people of Ontario.

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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 MOHs 7 BOH Members 7 Affiliates 6

Affiliate Groups

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ANDSOOHA - Public Health Nursing Management 2.

AOPHBA - Association of Ontario PH Business Administrators 3.

APHEO - Association of PH Epidemiologists 4.

ASPHIO - Association of Supervisors of PH Inspectors of Ontario 5.

OAPHD - Ontario Association of PH Dentistry 6.

HPO - Health Promotion Ontario 7.

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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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 South West Region

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

Central West Region

BRANT HALDIMAND HALTON HAMILTON NIAGARA WATERLOO WELLINGTON DUFFERIN

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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 – It’s What We Do

 Protection – Inspections, reducing environmental hazards  Promotion – Health education, healthy public policy  Prevention – Immunization, screening, injury prevention  Keeping People Healthy 

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Types of Board Members

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

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Board of Health Structures

 Autonomous  Regional  Single-Tier – Total 25 7 4 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    

Municipal Council takes on the responsibilities of the BOH

No provincial appointees May have citizen representative Staff are employees of municipality    

Municipal Council appoints members to a separate BOH

No provincial appointees May have citizen representatives Staff are employees of municipality City of Hamilton, Norfolk 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?open=512&objID= 2795&PageID=0&cached=true&mode=2&userID=11862  Ministry of Children and Youth Services – Healthy Babies Healthy Children

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Questions

Linda Stewart Executive Director, alPHa [email protected]

416-595-0006 ext. 22

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