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Public Health:
Working for You Every Day
1
Overview
• What is Public Health?
• How Does the Public Health
Department Help L.A. County
Residents?
– Preventing Disease and Injury
– Promoting Good Health
– Providing
P idi a Safe
S f and dH
Healthy
lh
Environment
• How Can I Improve
p Myy Health?
• Where Can I Get More
Information?
2
What Does Public Health Do For
You?
3
What is Public Health?
Science of protecting and improving
community health by:
• Ensuringg a safe and healthyy environment
• Promoting healthy lifestyles through education
• Conducting research for disease and injury
prevention
i
• Developing policies and programs that prevent
disease and promote health
Ensuring conditions in which people
can be healthy 4
What has Public Health Done?
• T
Today,
d Americans
A i live
li about
b t 30 years llonger
than in 1900 mostly due to Public Health efforts
5
Public Health’s Top 10 Accomplishments
D i th
During the 20th C
Century
t
• Developing vaccinations
• E
Ensuring
i safer
f workplaces
k l
• Controlling infectious diseases
• Decreasing deaths from heart
disease/stroke
• Ensuring safer and healthier foods
• I
Increasing
i family
f il planning
l i options
ti
• Adding fluoride to drinking water
• Recognizing tobacco use is harmful
• Developing motor-vehicle safety policies
• Improving health for mothers and babies
6Some of Our Staff
• Public Health Nurses
• Health Educators
• Epidemiologists
• Doctors
• Environmental Health Specialists
• Public Health Investigators
• Microbiologists
• Community Workers
• Nutritionists
• Researchers
• V i i
Veterinarians
7Population and Prevention Focus
• Locall neighborhood
L i hb h d
• City
• County
• State
• Country
Success = improvement in
overall community health
8Three Levels of Prevention
System
Pass llaw requiring
P i i all
ll children
hild entering
i
kindergarten to have certain immunizations
C
Community
it
Collect data on outbreaks, monitor
immunization trends, work with schools
and clinics to educate on new
recommendations
Individual
Nurses ggive shots
to children and
educate parents
9How does Public Health help me,
my family and my community?
Let’s look
at a day in the life
of Public Health …
10Morning
• Brush teethÆ Safe water
• Eat breakfastÆ Pasteurized Milk
• Have snack at a coffee shopÆ Inspected
• Drive to workÆ Seat belts, air bags
11Afternoon
• Go to beachÆ Ocean water monitored
• Pick up birth certificate for passportÆ Vital records
• Shop at the mallÆ Laws ban smoking in public places
• Have a chest xx-rayÆ
rayÆ Safe equipment
12Evening
g
• Prepare a healthy dinnerÆ Obesity education
• Children bike ride after dinnerÆ Wear helmets
• Visit grandmother in nursing homeÆ Inspected
and licensed
13Preventing
Disease & Injury
Promoting Providing Safe and
G
Good Health H l h Environments
Healthy E i
141. Preventing Disease and Injury
• Give immunizations • Treat people with
• Investigate disease tuberculosis and
outbreaks sexually transmitted
• Provide substance diseases
abuse
b prevention,
i • Help prevent injuries
treatment and and chronic diseases
recovery services
i • Provide
P id llaboratory
b
services
15Teach Hand Washing to Preschoolers
162. Promoting Good Health
• Make home visits • Promote health
• Coordinate free health insurance enrollment
care • Provide programs &
• Provide health checks education on healthy
• Inform
I f about
b t nutrition,
t iti pregnancies
fitness, and disease • Help coordinate health
prevention services for children in
foster care and
pprobation
18Daily Exercise
193. Providing a Safe and Healthy
Environment
• Inspect restaurants • Support laws to promote
• Monitor ocean water and healthier communities
public pools • Inspect and license
• Control animals and hospitals
insects that cause disease • Help prepare for
• Educate on childhood emergencies
lead ppoisoning
g hazards • Respond
p to bioterrorism
• Provide programs to help and natural disasters
tobacco users qquit
20Emergency Preparedness &
Response
• In an emergency, Public Health is prepared to
give life saving medication or vaccine to the
p
public
• We have identified almost 150 Point of
p
Dispensing g ((POD)) sites throughout
g Los
Angeles County to rapidly distribute these
items
• POD sites will use staff from Public Health,
other County y departments,
p cities, and
volunteers 21Emergency Preparedness
22Some Public Health Clinic Services
• Fl
Flu shots
h
• Immunizations
• Sexually Transmitted Disease
Testing and Treatment
• Tuberculosis Testing and
Treatment
23Some Public Health Program Services
• Conducting home visits
• Eliminating lead
• Meeting with community groups
• Providing therapy for special
needs children
24Where are We?
Everywhere in
LA CCounty
t
25Some Public Health Partners
• Community Groups
• Hospitals/Clinics
• Emergency
g y Responders
p
• Faith-based Groups
• Schools/Colleges
• Businesses
• Media
• g
Agencies
26New Challenges
• Drug resistant germs
Drug-resistant
• Aging Population
• Obesity
• Uninsured
• Global Health
• What else?
27Research
• Finding a cure for HIV
• Preventing Violence and Injury
• Reducing Incidence of Cancer and
Cardiovascular Diseases
• Implementing Prevention Programs
at Schools and Worksites
• Investigating
I ti ti Differences
Diff in
i Disease
Di
Rates among Population Groups
28Personal Action
Start with “baby
baby steps
steps”
29You Can Expect
p This
• Prevents injuries
• P
Promotes
t healthy
h lth behaviors
b h i
• Prevents epidemics and spread of disease
• Responds to disasters
• Assures quality health services
• Protects against environmental hazards
Public Health: Working for You Every Day
30For More Information
• Visit
www publichealth lacounty gov
www.publichealth.lacounty.gov
• Call the Service
Ser ice Planning Area
closest to your home
• Call 2-1-1
31Q
Questions
32Additional Speakers' Bureau
Presentations
The Los Angeles
g Countyy Department
p of Public Health
Speakers Bureau offers the following:
C d ood Obesity
Childhood Obes y comingg soon!!
Global Climate Change coming soon!
Emergency Preparedness
H t i
Hantavirus
Pandemic Flu
Physical/Social
y Environment comingg soon!
Preconception Health
West Nile Virus
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