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Robert
"Bob" C. Wood
Haywood County Department of Public Health
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Bob Wood has
been the Health Director in Haywood County since 1996. Prior to his
service in Haywood, he served as Health Director in Cherokee County
for twelve years. He started his public health career in 1974 as an
Environmental Health Specialist at the Cherokee County Health Department.
During his eight years as Health Director in Haywood County Bob has
accomplished many great things including:
- Starting a public health
dental clinic for Medicaid and indigent clients
- Achieving certification
of “Healthy Haywood” as Healthy Carolinians Task Force
- Initiating the Welcome
Baby Program to educate all new parents of county health resources
- Expanding the Smart
Start nurse program for child care centers
- Achieving a 98% immunization
rate for children 2 years old
- Expanding the bicycle
safety education program into the school’s curriculum
- Receiving over $1 million
in grants for innovative projects/expansion of services
At the state level,
Bob has been a consistent member of the Executive Committee of the
Health Director’s Association, elected by the counties in Region
1 for a great many years. He has chaired a number of committees and
had dedicated countless hours to the technology committee in the search
of new software to replace the antiquated HSIS system. He can always
be counted on the “call the question” thus avoiding unnecessary
repetition and discussion
Public
Health Vision: Bob “plans the work and then works the
plan” and does so with deliberation, determination and respect
for the opinions of others. As one of his letters of nomination put
it: “…in my mind he typifies exactly what was contemplated
when the Health Director of the Year Award was created. One can look
throughout his entire 30 years of service to public health and find
him influencing policy determination virtually every year in every
setting where he has been involved."
Community Involvement
- Haywood County
Child Fatality Prevention Team
- Haywood County
Emergency Preparedness Team
- Healthy Haywood
Steering Committee
- Cullowhee Regional
Interagency Coordination Council
- Mountain Health
Care Alliance
- Nantahala AIDS
Consortium Executive Committee
- Region A Partnership
for Children
- Western North
Carolina Public Health Association
- North Carolina
Public Health Task Force 2004
- North Carolina
Public Health Association
