Health Matters

News and Notes

Volume 1II, Issue XIII October 2012

Cincinnati Board of Health Officers Chosen

Howard Bond and Donald Washington discuss the Affordable Care Act on this months We Know Health Matters, CHDs show on CitiCable Time Warner Channel 23. Playback times:
M 9, 11 a.m. W 5 p.m. Th. 12 p.m. F 9 a.m. Su. 3 p.m.
Joyce Kinley and Dr. Richard Schwen will serve as the Board of Healths Chair and Vice Chair. Ms. Kinley officially became the Board Chair at the September 2012 meeting. She was appointed to the Board in February 2011 and served as Vice Chair in 2011 -12. She retired as Director of Community Affairs at UC Health, University Hospital and is now working as a consultant. Dr. Schwen was elected to Vice Chair at the September meeting and was appointed to the Board in June 2010. He is Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for a local pharmaceutical research company and also works as an adjunct professor for UC.

Board of Health Chair Joyce Kinley

Board of Health ViceChair Dr. Richard Schwen

Dr. Schwens term on the Board is set to expire in 2013, but he is eligible to be reappointed for another term. Kinleys term on the Board is set to expire in 2014 and she is also eligible to be reappointed for another term.

Deaconess donates $375,000 for new school-based health center

High school students enrolled at Western Hills University and Dater High School on the west side of Cincinnati now have better access to health care. Deaconess Associations, Inc. (DAI) donated $375,000 to fund and staff an on-campus, federally-qualified School-Based Health Center to provide students with access to enhanced health care. The Deaconess Health Check is operated by CHD and is designed to provide primary care services to at-risk students who may otherwise have untreated health problems. Services include screenings, physicals, referrals, first-aid and prescriptions from a nurse practitioner. Since the start of this school year, more than 300 students have used Deaconess Health Check, said Dr. Marilyn Crumpton, CHD Medical Director for the School and Adolescent Health Program From left: Dr. Marilyn Crumpton, CHD The coalition of CPS, The Health Foundation of School and Adolescent Health; Stephen Greater Cincinnati, CHD and other health care Sippel, principal at Dater H.S.; Rocky Merz, CHD Public Information Officer; Dr. organizations is currently operating 10 health Stephanie Morton, Western Hills University centers at CPS schools and is planning to build H.S. Principal; Patrick Ward, Director of 10 more by 2013. For more information, visit Deaconess Associations Foundation. www.deaconess-healthcare.com .

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FREE flu vaccines for city employees/families

CHD is providing free flu vaccines for City employees and their families at its Burnet/King campus on Tuesday, Nov 6.

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Urban Farming continues to grow

By: Angela Sefcik

Onesight Vision Center at Oyler Opens

In Ohio, it is estimated that only one in seven kindergartners has an eye exam prior to entering school. A team of public-private partners has come together to create the OneSight Vision Center at O yl e r School, the first of its kind in the U.S. The fullservice vision center, operated by the CHD, will serve more than 2,000 Greater Cincinnati students annually by providing comprehensive eye exams, glasses, fittings, adjustments, medical eye care and vision therapy. Other partners include: OneSight Vision, CPS, The Woman's City Club and the Ohio and American Optometric Associations.

CHDs Urban Farming program has completed another successful year, with youth interest and participation widel y established. Hundreds of students joined in actively growing their own fruits and vegetables at the Evergreen, Bond Hill and Winton Hills sites. These farms have helped to increase access to healthy food for both children and adults. Students and volunteers at Evergreen were able to produce over 1,000 pounds of produce that was donated and distributed back to the community. Additionally, Winton Hills has continued to use their produce in school lunches, providing malabar spinach, swiss chard, beets and tomatoes for children to try. For more on urban farming visit: www.urbanfarming.org.

Halloween candy: healthy vs unhealthy

By: Angela Sefcik

A letter of thanks
Dear Matt (Clayton): Mr. Grigsby has informed me about your outstanding work that helped with the uplift of Corryville Elementary School and cafeteria as a result of your thorough inspection of the school. After you identified several health and safety concerns during the inspections, you contacted the Archdiocese and met several times with several key stakeholders about the condition of the school. With your assistance the school was able to raise over $400,000 in donations and complete the needed repairs before the children returned to school for the 2012-13 school year. I appreciate your going above and beyond to help in the transformation of this school that had serious health and safety issues. Mohammad Alam, CHD Director of Environmental Health

This Halloween, know the healthier candy options and which ones to avoid. Healthier Options: 3 Musketeers Minis, 24 calories, less that 1g of fat (per mini); Fun-size Lemonheads, 50 calories, 0g of fat (10 pieces); York Peppermint Patties, 140 calories, 2.5g of fat (full-size bar). Candies to avoid: Butterfinger Minis , 45 calories, 2g of fat (per mini); Starburst Fruit Chews , 204 calories, 4g of fat (for 10 pieces); Snickers, 280 calories, 14g of fat (full-size

CHDs Ken Sharkey published in Journal of Environmental Health

Ken Sharkey, CHD Registered Sanitarian, was recently published as the primary investigator in the Sept 2012 Issue of the Journal of Environmental Health. Dr. Mohammad Alam, CHD Director of Environmental Health and Dr. William Mase of the University of Cincinnati were co- Ken Sharkey, authors. Senior Sanitarian His paper, Investigation to Determine Association Between Foodborne Illness and Number of Citations in a Food Establishment involved an extension of the capstone project he completed at the University of CincinMohammad Alam, nati for a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH). His research implicates future polDirector of icy change in training to reduce inconsisEnvironmental tencies between food inspectors. Health