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MEMO / NOTE DE SERVICE

To / Destinataire : Ottawa Board of Health File / N° de fichier : 08

From / Expéditeur : Gillian Connelly Date / Date : June 10, 2013

Subject / Objet :

Update: 2013 Performance Targets for the Health Protection Indicators under the 2011-13 Public Health Accountability Agreement (PHAA)

The purpose of this memo is to provide the Board of Health with an update regarding 2013 Performance Targets for the Health Protection Indicators under the 2011-13 Public Health Accountability Agreement (PHAA). BACKGROUND In March 2013 staff provided the Board of Health with the 2012 year-end results for ten of the eighteen indicators from the PHAA (ACS2013-OPH-IQS-0002). At that time the other eight indicators had either been delayed, data was not available, or the indicator had been deferred. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS Additional 2012 Results and 2013 Targets Update Since March 2013, OPH has received one additional result related to meningococcus immunization rate (Indicator #9c). The 2012 result for OPH meningococcus immunization rates is 87.9 percent (slightly exceeding our target of 87.1 percent). The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (The Ministry) has communicated to OPH that Hepatitis B and HPV immunization results for the 2011/12 school year will not be reported. The Ministry also indicated that they have suspended 2013 targets for these indicators (Document 1). The Ministry has also confirmed OPH’s 2013 performance targets that were shared and approved by the Board of Health in March 2013 (ACS2013-OPH-IQS-0002). Baby-Friendly Initiative Designation Achieving Baby-Friendly Initiative designation is a Performance Indicator set out in the PHAA. OPH has been verbally informed that the target for 2013 (Designated) has been met. This has occurred through ongoing work with the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada. Smoke-Free Ontario Program and Workplace-based Cessation Demonstration Project Recently the Ministry announced that the Smoke-Free Ontario (SFO) program and the Workplace-based Cessation Demonstration Project, will be included as part of the PHAA. As such, OPH will be required to report funding and expenditures for the SFO Program as part of reporting to the Ministry.

NEXT STEPS Staff will keep the Board of Health apprised of additional 2012 performance results. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION Document 1: Letter from Sylvia Shedden, Director, Public Health Standards, Practice and Accountability Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health (kept on file with Board of Health Secretary) Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Thank you, Gillian Connelly Board of Health Secretary Ottawa Public Health cc. Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health Esther Moghadam, Manager, Integration, Quality and Standards Branch