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Public Health in Kane County

Kane County Board of Health charged with protecting and improving public health

Enforce and observe all State laws pertaining to the preservation of health, and all county and municipal ordinances

Investigate the existence of any contagious or infectious disease and adopt measures to arrest the progress of the same

Make all necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections

Initiate and carry out programs and activities of all kinds, not inconsistent with law, that may be deemed necessary or desirable in the promotion and protection of health and in the control of disease

Recommend to the county board or boards the adoption of such ordinances and of such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion and protection of health and control of disease

Health Advisory Committee

Board of Health comprised of all members of Kane County Board

Since created by resolution, state legislation stipulates a Health Advisory Committee made up of health professionals be created to advise Board of Health

Health Advisory Committee provides expert knowledge and advice to the Board of Health regarding public health policies and issues

Health Advisory Committee provides expert knowledge and advice to Kane County Health Department regarding strategic initiatives and public health issues

Public Health is Population Health

Public health has made its greatest contribution when focusing on those conditions that ensure health for the population: the environment, sanitation, safe food, safe water, and communicable disease control

While the health of individuals is the ultimate goal, the focus of public health is on the health of populations.

When we talk about populations, we mean either the community as a whole OR subgroups in the community that are at greater risk of disease or injury.

Public Health is not Medical Care

The primary strategy of medical care is treatment of disease in individuals.

The primary strategy of public health is prevention through policy, system and environmental changes that reduce chronic disease, injuries and premature death.

Investment in Public Health

Americans spend $8,2331 per person on healthcare each year, that’s about $22.00/day.

Kane County residents pay about $0.01 per day in taxes2 for county public health services.

Investment in public health can result in medical cost savings as well as gains in worker productivity, reduced absenteeism at work and school, and enhanced quality of life. 1Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development Health Data 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.oecd.org/els/healthpoliciesanddata/OECDHealthData2012FrequentlyRequestedData_Updated_October.xls 2Kane County Health Department Budget FY13

How Public Heath Matters

In the last 100 years, average life expectancy has increased by 30 years:

Advances in Medicine account for 4.5 of those additional

years;

Advances in public health account for the other 25.5 years of life by ensuring safe environments, sanitation, safe food, safe water, and communicable disease control*

*Turnock, BJ. Public Health: What it is and How it Works, 3rd Edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004.

Airborne, Foodborne & Waterborne Health Threats to Kane County Residents

Hepatitis Pneumonia Human papillomavirus (HPV) E. coli Legionella HIV/AIDS Salmonella Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Influenza Clostridium difficile Radon Mumps Rhinoviruses (common cold) Lead Cryptosprodiosis

Growing Threats to Public Health Tuberculosis West Nile Virus Lyme Disease Hantavirus Pertussis

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Kane County Salmonellosis Cases

Public Health Matters Now in Kane County Obesity, Chronic Disease Premature Death

69% of Kane County residents are overweight or obese. This increases the risk for health

problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and stroke.

Chronic diseases cause 81%

of deaths in Kane County. They are costly to individuals,

health care providers, taxpayers and strains the entire health system. In 2010, the cost of heart disease and stroke in the U.S. was about $444 billion.

Chronic diseases are the most common and costly of all health problems, but they are also the most preventable

40 percent of cancer, as well as 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, could be prevented if Americans exercised more, stopped smoking, and ate healthier

Four common, health-damaging, but modifiable behaviors are responsible for much of the illness, disability, and premature death related to chronic diseases. 1. Tobacco use 2. Insufficient physical activity 3. Poor eating habits 4. Excessive alcohol use

Kane County residents are the 8th healthiest in Illinois out of 102 counties

Medical Care: Screening, diagnostics & treatments for individuals

Personal Behaviors: Exercise, healthy eating, & medication

Public Health (KCHD): Developing effective health policies, partnerships, & environmental systems Access to fruit & vegetables for all through

community gardens Access to safe walkways, parks and open space

in all communities Coordination of public health & medical efforts

to make healthy choices the easy choice for communities

Public Health

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Kane County Medical

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Healthier individuals

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Personal Choices

6 top health threats identified by the Kane County Community

1. Obesity 2. Chronic Disease 3. Infant Mortality 4. Childhood Lead 5. Communicable Disease 6. Poor Social & Emotional Wellness

*From the 2012-2016 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan http://kanehealth.com/chip.htm

Kane County Health Advisory Committee

Lulu Blacksmith, MA - Waubonsee Community College, Director of Governmental and Multicultural Affairs

Richard Chroust, D.D.S. - Private Dental Practice Diane Homan, M.D. - Rush-Copley Medical Center, Vice President, Quality Carmella Moran, Ph.D., MSN, RN - Aurora University, Director School of

Nursing & Associate Professor of Nursing Karin Podolski, MSN, MPH, RN - Cadence Health, Director, Community

Health and Outreach David Stone, Ph.D. - Northern Illinois University, Associate Vice President

& Associate Professor of Public Health Bob Tanner, LCSW, ACSW – Greater Elgin Family Care Center,

President/CEO Linnea Windell, MSN, RN – VNA Healthcare, President/CEO

Next Steps

Relationship Building

Presentation at Committee of the Whole