Midcoast - District 4

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• Midcoast Public Health Council
• Steering Committee
• District Committees
• Meetings & Events
• Publications

Maine's nine Public Health Districts are geographic areas that work to improve public health in the state. Each district is made up of one or more counties. In 2011, in collaboration with the five Maine Tribal jurisdictions, a Tribal Health District was established with boundaries determined by Tribal Health Center service areas and tribal jurisdictional boundaries.

At A Glance

• Midcoast Public Health District – District 4 – covers Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo counties
• Midcoast district population: 152,150 (2020 census)
• Knox: 40,607 people, 111.2 per square mile
• Lincoln: 35,237 people, 77.3 per square mile
• Sagadahoc: 36,699 people, 144.5 per square mile
• Waldo: 39,607 people, 54.3 per square mile
• 73 municipalities (incorporated local governments)
• Included in the total number of municipalities are 6 unbridged island communities

Resources

• District Public Health Improvement Plan (PDF)
• Local Public Health System Assessment (PDF)
• Lincoln County 9-1-1 (PDF)

Midcoast District Public Health Unit

The Midcoast District Public Health Unit is located at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office at 91 Camden Street in Rockland, Maine. To report an infectious disease, public health emergency consultation, or Health Inspection complaint please email to: disease.reporting@maine.gov or call 1-800-821-5821.

District	Town	Program	Referral/Reporting#	Staff
Midcoast Public Health District	Maine DHHS Suite 103 91 Camden Street Rockland ME 04849	Public Health Nursing	1-888-644-1130	Brooke Payne RN (Supervisor) - 207-542-3576 Emily Courand RN Elizabeth Shell RN
		Health Inspection Program	1-800-821-5821	Sarah Fillion Tel. (207) 557-2586
		Epidemiology	1-800-821-5821	Megan Kelley
		Drinking Water		April Bledsoe (207) 215-7124
		Midcoast District Public Health Educator		Lindsey O'Hara (Tel.) 207-592-6971
		District Public Health Liaison	1-800-821-5821	Drexell White (Tel.) 207-596-4278

Midcoast Public Health Council

The Midcoast Public Health Council is a representative, district-wide body formed in partnership with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) to engage in collaborative planning and decision-making for the delivery of the ten Essential Public Health Services in the Midcoast Public Health District. The District includes Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties. The Council includes representatives from the four counties, as well as from Brunswick and Harpswell, Cumberland County towns with longstanding public health ties and partnerships with the Midcoast District.

Vision

A healthy population served by comprehensive, well-coordinated public health services

The Midcoast Public Health Council mobilizes working partnerships to combine efforts and resources within the District to produce results that no one community, organization, or sector could achieve effectively or efficiently alone.

Get Involved

The Midcoast Public Health Council is one of eight geographic, and one Tribal, District Coordinating Councils for Public Health in Maine. The Council's responsibilities include:

• Identifying District public health issues and coordinating public health activities in the District;
• Providing public health services in our communities;
• Addressing health disparities to meet the specific public health needs of our District;
• Convening non-traditional public health partners;
• Advising public health policy and allocation of funding; and,
• Preparing and maintaining the public health system for public health accreditation.

Council Members List

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Steering Committee

The Council Chair, Vice-Chair, Statewide Coordinating Council (SCC) Representative, and Council members from around the District serve on the Council's Steering Committee. The Steering Committee guides and facilitates the Council's work.

• Jemma Penberthy, Chair – Penobscot Bay Medical Center/Waldo County General Hospital
• Melissa Fochesato, Vice Chair – Mid Coast–Parkview Health
• Cathy Cole – LincolnHealth/MaineHealth
• Susan Dupler – Belfast Public Health Nursing
• Jamie Lovley – Penobscot Bay Community Health Partnerships
• Christine Lyman – SCC Representative - Public Health Consulting
• Drexell White – Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC)

The Council is made up of (elected) Council members representing public health "sectors" that are identified in the Council's bylaws and interested persons within the District. Please join us for one of our Council meetings to learn more about the work we do.

Contacts

Lindsey O'Hara
Midcoast Public Health Educator
lindsey.ohara@maine.gov

Melissa Fochesato
Midcoast Public Health Council Chair
Melissa.Fochesato@mainehealth.org

Jemma Penberthy
Midcoast Public Health Council Vice Chair
jemma.penberthy@mainehealth.org

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Meetings & Events

The calendar of events below includes Midcoast Council and Committee meetings, as well as meetings and events from around our District, that have been submitted by our Council members. We meet five Tuesdays per year at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. Contact Public Health Educator Lindsey O'Hara at lindsey.ohara@maine.gov for connection information.

Please contact Midcoast Public Health Educator lindsey.ohara@maine.gov to have your meeting or event added to the calendar.