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May 14, 2024

King County Board of Health meeting Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 1 pm

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Summary

The King County Board of Health will meet Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 1 pm. The meeting will include briefings on efforts to address the opioid crisis, a public health approach to gun violence, and an update from the Board of Health Homelessness and Health Workgroup.

Meeting agenda
Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 1 pm: Hybrid Meeting*


*Hybrid meetings: Attend King County Board of Health meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or provide comment remotely are listed below.


To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19, all Boardmembers and staff will be participating in the Board of Health meeting remotely unless otherwise listed as a Hybrid Meeting. The live feed of the meeting will be streaming on the King County Council's website and on KCTV Channel 22.

How to provide public comment:

  • Join in person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers.
  • Join online: www.kingcounty.gov/boh/zoom
  • Join by phone:
    1. Dial (US): 1-253-215-8782
    2. Meeting ID: 836 2614 2088

If you do not wish to provide public comment, please help us manage the callers by using one of the options below to watch or listen to the meeting.

Two ways to watch or listen in to the meeting:


Download meeting packet (5.6 MB)

  1. Call to order
  2. Roll call
  3. Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
  4. Approval of minutes of the meeting of April 18, 2024
  5. Public Comments
  6. Chair's Report
  7. Director's Report

Briefings

  1. BOH Briefing No. 24-B12
    Ongoing Efforts to Address the Opioid Crisis, Part 2
    • Dr. Mia Shim, Chief Medical Officer for Community Health Services, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Brad Finegood, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Esther Lucero, President and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board
    • Caleb Banta-Green, Director, University of Washington Center for Community Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology and Research
    • Karen Hartfield, HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections/Hepatitis C Virus Program Administrator, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Susan Mclaughlin, Division Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  2. BOH Briefing No. 24-B13
    A Public Health Approach to Addressing Gun Violence
    • Eleuthera Lisch, Director, Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Aley Joseph Pallickaparambil, Senior Epidemiologist, Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation Division of Health Sciences, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Karyn Brownson, Program and Community Safety Manager, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Division of Health Sciences, Public Health – Seattle & King County
  3. BOH Briefing No. 24-B14
    Board of Health Homelessness and Health Workgroup Update
    • Quiana Daniels, Board of Health Vice Chair

  1. Board member updates
  2. Other business

Adjournment


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