{"id":11343,"date":"2013-10-23T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=11343"},"modified":"2013-10-23T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:00:35","slug":"county-health-director-honored-for-regional-collaboration-efforts-on-public-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=11343","title":{"rendered":"County Health Director Honored for Regional Collaboration Efforts on Public Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The director of the Saint Louis County Department of Health \u2013 Dr. Dolores J. Gunn \u2013 was honored Oct. 18 at the Washington University Office of Diversity Program\u2019s Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gunn, along with the director of the St. Louis City Health Department Pamela Walker, was recognized for her collaborative efforts to improve the health of St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very honored by this recognition of our collaborative efforts, but in a sense there is no other way to approach public health problems,\u201d said Gunn. \u201cOnly by working together can we ever hope to improve the situation. We are all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the primary motivations for the recognition, according to Washington University\u2019s Office of Diversity, was Gunn\u2019s leadership as co-chair of the St. Louis Regional Health Status Reporting Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn has been director of the Saint Louis County Department of Health since December of 2004. The organization has almost 600 employees.<\/p>\n<p>Under Gunn\u2019s supervision, the department has successfully managed several communicable disease outbreaks, handled public health emergencies caused by several weather-related events, and\u00a0 achieved re-accreditation for the department from the Missouri Institute for Community Health with 100% compliance.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the department has constructed a state-of-the-art Animal Care and Control Center and a new, silver LEED certified Public Health Campus, and\u00a0 oversaw the implementation of the county\u2019s first comprehensive clean indoor air legislation to protect people from secondhand smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture Series was established in honor of the former faculty, physicians, and nurses of the Homer G. Phillips Hospital. 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