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Cabarrus Count~ llOa'rd of lleaith Concord, H0rth Carolina January 12, 1977 The meeting was.called to Order by thb Chaiiqn;m, bh'..lee lq. I'ikc, .h'., at 7:10 p.m. Pregent for tile meeting; blr.-2oc iq. Pike, .Ir., Dr. Freeman Slaughter, George Kiser, Dr. Linny Baker, S. Glenn Ilawfield, Jr., htr. George Byers, Dr. lqallace'Earl}' and bh': 3immic Eittle. Ahscnt: ~irsk Sarah James. Guests at the meeting included bits. Khfhy Pilkiiigt0n, ~. V. CoVington and Dave Roberts of the Itealih Department .staff, blt. Estus I~hite and Mr. Allan Miles. NEW i~OARD bfl~tBERS: Joe I~. Pike, Jr., Dr. Linny Baker and Dr. Freeman C. Slaughter were sworn ~n as new board members by Mr. Estus IVhite, Clerk of Superior Court. Mr. Pike and Dr. Baker were reappointed and Dr. Preeman Slaughter was appointed as tile dental representative for a three-year rem, ending December 31, 1979. In the election of officers [or the Cabarrus County Board of'ltealtfi, ~lr. Joe Pike was re-elected as Chairman and Dr. Baker as ¥ice-Chai~nan el tile Board. The November 10, 1976 minutes were unanimously passed as presented. THE.WIC SUPPLI~AL FOOD PROGPd~I: Mrs. Kathy Pilkington, Nutritionist, with the health department, presented a plan to provide supplemental foods to women, infants' and children in an effort to improve nutritional status of children in Cabarrus County. The IVlC Program is a federally funded program to provide certain foods to women in the prenatal stages, lactating women and infants and children up 1;9 five years of age who are found to be in need. Mrs. Pilkington indicated that 46% of the students in North Carolina were below the national growth standards. She estimated that we could reasonably have 1,000 patients on this program after the first year of operation. The main aspect of the program would be nutrition education to the patients and the coammity. It was estimated that the cost of the food program during the first },ear of operation would approximate $196,109. Twenty-two percent of thi. s amoUnt or $4.3,i44 could be used for support perso~mel in the form of secretary, dietitian and equipment. Sixteen counties in North Carolina now have such a program. Dr. Linny Baker indicated that prematurity was the leading cause of infant deaths and thought much of the irmaturity amy be due to the lac~k of proper nutrition oh behalf of the mother during the prenatal stages. Dr. Baker made a motion, seconded by Dr. [lallace Early, that the health'department proceed with plans to develop an application to secure this supplamental food program for Cabarrus County. Passed unanimously. 2_