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Minutes for the Meeting of August 12, 2005

Present:

David Weed	Gladys Rosofsky	BJ Valente
Maria Evora-Rosa	Paula Harrison	Jaime Crossman
Judith Coykendall	Pat Fanning	Frances Fuller
Marcia Picard	Marlene Cantor	Maureen Ryan Estes
Michael Coughlin	Katy Dutille

A meeting of Partners for a Healthier Community was held on Friday, August 12, 2005 at Southcoast Hospital – Charlton Site. Chairperson David Weed called the meeting to order at 9:00AM.

Minutes

The minutes of the June 10, 2005 Steering Committee were circulated in advance.

VOTED to approve the Minutes of the June 10, 2005 meeting of Partners for a Healthier Community as circulated.

Financial Report

Information for the financial report was not available. We will review July and August at our next meeting.

REPORT OF WORK GROUPS

Access to Health Care

The video is complete and has distribution has started. There is a new outreach coordinator at Health First who will assist in distribution. The group is currently working on a brochure for those who do not have the capability to play the video. This will possibly be done similar to the poster contest, where there will be a contest to design the brochure. The health care survey is complete in English. The group will contact cable TV to see if we can show the video. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 22^nd at 1:00 at HMI.

Healthy Lifestyles

The group is hoping to obtain graduate nursing students again to continue with the post-smoking ban data. There was a nice editorial and in the Herald News and the press event went well. There is currently a bill going to the senate and a hearing to restore money for smoking cessation and school programs.

Healthy Youth

The Youth Forum was very successful. Adults were able to interact with the youth, as they ran the interactive groups. Participation was very good. The next meeting is scheduled for September 28^th.

Health City Initiative

The group is working with several community businesses/organizations to get them to partner with HCI. A survey was done, and 25% responded that they were aware of what HCI is. We will do this survey again next year. A newsletter will be released soon, but the report card is on hold for the moment.

Employee Sick Days

The Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition is asking for support for an act establishing paid sick days for all employees. Upon reviewing material from the Coalition we have decided to formally endorse the act.

Legislative Breakfast

The breakfast is scheduled for Friday, October 14^th. The theme is “Public Health Victories”. Just a reminder that we should be thinking about community nominations.