Call To Order
Health Board Chair Jon Scanlon called the meeting to order at 11:01 a.m. in
a hybrid meeting.
Roll Call - Health Board
5 -
Present:
Elizabeth Boyle, Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, Jessica Rienstra, and Jon
Scanlon
2 - Kaylee Galloway, and Mark Stremler
Absent:
Roll Call - PHAB
PHAB Members Present: Alan Lifson, Joni Hensley, Carl Isom-McDaniel, Mike Cohen, Michelle Gillig, Sterling
Chick, Deb Shawver, Robyn Phillips-Madson, Rachel McGarrity, Markis Dee Stidham, Amelia Vader, Ashley
Thomasson, Guy Occhiogrosso, Chris Kobdish, Kendra Cristelli, Jon Scanlon, Amy Harley, and Meg Lelonek
Announcements
Public Comment
The following people spoke:
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Ryan Bowman
Natalie Chavez
Hearing no one else, Scanlon closed public comment.
Special Presentation
Update from the Health Officers
1.
Amy Harley, Health Officer, stated that Meg Lelonek's last day is June
12th.
Meg Lelonek, Health Officer, introduced a presentation on the 2025
Healthy Youth Survey. She stated that the Healthy Youth Survey is a
statewide survey of about 200,000 kids every two years in grades 6, 8, 10,
and 12. Survey results help schools identify areas of need by indicating
changes in behavior over time; it also provides useful data to state agencies,
county prevention coordinators, community coalitions, and others. Lelonek
stated that youth prevention efforts are focused on upstream solutions,
which try to prevent first use of illicit drugs or alcohol. She said that one of
the things doctors and hospitals have been seeing recently are substance use
related disease and disease related to alcohol induced liver injury. She
stated that prevention saves money over time. Lelonek stated that the survey
results show that youth are using fewer illegal drugs, smoking less, and
drinking less alcohol. They are also reporting feeling less anxious and
depressed, all of which are encouraging signs.
