Previous Activities & Initiatives

In order to place a greater emphasis on racial equity, the Racial Equity Institute (REI) Phase I workshops and debriefings were held in spring of 2017 and 2018 for local health department staff and partners in the region.  Thanks to the Partnerships to Improve Community Health for funding the REI Workshop in 2017 and to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation for funding the workshop in 2018. 

The workshop provided participants with an opportunity to explore …
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In order to provide rabies education relevant to North Carolina, the NENCPPH partnered with Albemarle Regional Health Services, AHEC, and experts in the State to develop a web-based rabies course providing CME credit. The Course is intended for physicians, nurses, veterinarians, and other medical providers and covered human rabies risk assessment and post exposure management.  The course was made available in the spring of 2017.  The course was provided free of charge to the first 38 registrants.

Improvements to disease surveillance in the region were reviewed by the NENCPPH. A regional disease surveillance discussion was held with Communicable Disease Nurses, Preparedness Coordinators, Health Educators and a Health Director from the partnering local health departments, an Epidemiologist from Vidant Medical Center, and the facilitator from the North Carolina Institute of Public Health. NCDETECT also provided input during the meeting. The group reviewed which indicators should be used to monitor disease surveillance, as well as the frequency of reporting, …
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In the spring of 2013, the NENCPPH identified Vaccine-Preventable diseases as a priority health indicator to address. An initial Regional Immunization Workgroup was held for local health department staff involved with immunizations in the fall of 2013.

The Regional Immunization Consultants from the Division of Public Health (DPH) were invited to attend and share with the group regional data on vaccines, and possible strategies for increasing coverage rates. Barriers to immunizing all age groups were also discussed.

On the group’s …
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In August 2013, the NENCPPH received a grant of $27,185 from the Region 9 Community Transformation Grant Project to support a Healthy Lifestyle Choices Promotion (HLCP) initiative. The HLCP initiative was a regional public health awareness initiative covering 12 counties in Region 9 to promote healthy lifestyles choices, particularly those targeting obesity. The effort was coordinated with the Region 9 CTGP Coordinators to provide maximum coverage in the region.

Billboards, gas pump toppers, and newspaper ads promoting healthy eating and …
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The NC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Branch was awarded comprehensive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a state-based cardiovascular health program.

The CDC-funded NC HDSP Program focused on systems-level change to create health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention. Because of the complexity and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, no single program working alone could make a difference.

The NC HDSP Program sought to work with multiple partner organizations – both …
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The health departments comprising the Northeastern Partnership are committed to continuous quality improvement. One means to achieve quality improvement was to apply models from successful businesses.

In conjunction with consultants, the Northeastern Partnership has reviewed business model assets such as Lean and Six Sigma which can be applied toward solving high priority public health problems and organizational challenges. These models map current business practices and develop teams that can look at tailoring new business practices in ways that address local …
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The NENCPPH completed a Community Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative from the State Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities which was focused on increasing awareness of health disparities and developing solutions with local Disparity Gap Coordinators.

Each health department had allocated a health educator from their staff to serve as a Disparity Gap Coordinator. These Coordinators help to link the Partnership to community coalitions such as Healthy Carolinians and school health advisory councils, and help to implement programs conducted …
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An epidemiologist was hired by the Partnership to analyze and present county and regional health data for 11 local health departments in the Partnership at the time. In addition, the epidemiologist has provided region-wide training for health department staff. Trainings have included Principles of Epidemiology, Epi Info software, and Presenting Health Data. The Epidemiologist has responded to health department requests for data and other technical assistance.

TNT was a tobacco prevention program aimed at teens in 11 of the counties served by NENCPPH. The purpose of the program was to prevent tobacco use initiation, eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke, promote tobacco cessation, and reduce health disparities attributable to tobacco use. A Project Coordinator, four Youth Tobacco Prevention Coordinators and a Media/Marketing Specialist formed the staff of the program which was funded by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund. The project developed a list of tobacco-free restaurants …
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