How do I Know I am receiving optimum fluoridated water?
What is Public Health, and what is Public Health Programs of Los Angeles County?
What activities are included in Public Health Week?
What is Public Health Week?
What is Healthy Los Angeles 2000?
What is Healthy Los Angeles 2000 doing to achieve its mission?
What are the services offered by the Adolescent and Minority Health Programs?
What type of staff does the AIDS program have?
What are the services provided by AIDS Programs?
What services are provided by the California Children Services?
What services does the Alcohol and Drug Program Administration provide?
What services are provided by the Child Abuse Prevention Program?
What services are offered by Child Health and Disability Prevention Program?
What services are provided by the Child Health Programs?
What is the mission of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program?
What are the services provided by Community Health?
What services are provided by the Data Collection and Analysis Unit?
What programs are involved in disease control?
What are the services provided by the Environmental Health Program?
What services are provided by the Injury and Violence Prevention Program?
What services are provided by the Nutrition Program?
What is WHO?
- How do I Know I am receiving optimum fluoridated water?
Answer: You need to call your water provider and ask the average amount of fluoride in your water system. Also, keep in mind that some types of filter remove the fluoride ion from the water. It is also recommended that one checks with the filter manufacturer to regarding fluoride removal.
- What is Public Health, and what is Public Health Programs of Los Angeles County?
Answer: The goal of Public Health is to protect health, prevent disease, and promote health and well being for all persons in a community. Some activities of public health are mentioned below. Public Health(PH)is a division of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services that functions in these roles for the people of Los Angeles County. Our focus is on the population as a whole, and we conduct our activities through a network of public health professionals throughout the community. Public health nurses make home visits to families with communicable diseases; epidemiologists investigate the sources of disease outbreaks; environmental health specialists ensure safe food, water, and housing; and all work with community coalitions to advocate for public policies to protect and improve health.
- What activities are included in Public Health Week?
Answer: Public Health Week activities include a central opening session addressing current public health issues; outreach and commmunity activities held in collaboration with other agencies, Public Health (PH) staff, and community groups; and the presentation of the "Lester Breslow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Public Health", the "Media Health Promotion Award", and the Ruth Temple Award for Distinguished Public Health Service in Los Angeles County". Other free community activities such as mobile clinics, health screenings, workshops, health fairs, demonstrations, group discussions, displays, health facility tours, and student health projects are held at more than 100 County sites.
- What is Public Health Week?
Answer: Public Health Week is a Country-wide annual health promotion strategy that increases the awareness and understanding of the many ways public health efforts protect health, prevent disease, and promote health in our communities.
- What is Healthy Los Angeles 2000?
Answer: Healthy Los Angeles 2000 is a Countrywide effort to improve the overall health of Los Angeles County residents today and for generations to come by enhancing public and private involvement in health promotion and disease/injury prevention activities.
- What is Healthy Los Angeles 2000 doing to achieve its mission?
Answer: To achieve its mission, Healthy Los Angeles 2000 is developing public/private partnerships to implement innovative health promotion projects, encouraging organizations to work together to enhance collaboration and reduce duplication of effort, advocating for policies and programs which promote health and prevent disease and injury, and establishing Los Angeles County- specific health objectives for all 22 national priority health areas to guide community action and measure the success of the initiative.
- What are the services offered by the Adolescent and Minority Health Programs?
Answer: The services offered by the Adolescent and Minority Health Programs are:- Case Management for high-risk minority women
- Perinatal outreach and referral for high-risk minority women
- Education on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use during pregnancy
- Adolescent and perinatal health education
- Teen task force to provide preventive health education for adolescents
- Coordination of school-linked services
- Media campaign targeting adolescent and minority populations
- Male mentoring activities to enhance fathers' involvement
- Training for professionals
- Community and public relations outreach
- What type of staff does the AIDS program have?
Answer: The AIDS Programs staff includes public health medical professionals , health service planners, program development specialists, contract program managers, monitors and auditors, epidemiologists, accountants and fiscal personnel, training specialists, and clerical personnel.
- What are the services provided by AIDS Programs?
Answer:- Coordination of HIV/AIDS services in the Department.
- Coordination and expansion of HIV/AIDS risk reduction and prevention education, HIV testing, and training.
- Provision of technical assistance to contract agencies.
- HIV/AIDS-related legislation analysis.
- Development of strategies and implementation of HIV/AIDS programs in cooperation with the community.
- Integration HIV/AIDS treatment into the Department's health services system and program, and clinical services coordination in the clinics and hospitals.
- Contract development, administration, and monitoring.
- HIV/AIDS requests for concept papers/proposals managment.
- Collection, analysis, and release of HIV/AIDS data.
- Fiscal and service planning and coordination.
- Staff support to Commission on HIV and AIDS, HIV Health Services Planning Council, and HIV Prevention Planning Committee.
- Program development and coordination with community providers.
- What services are provided by the California Children Services?
Answer: The main goal of the California Children Services is to assist families in obtaining specialized medical care and rehabilitation for children with chronic illnesses or disabilities when their families are partially or wholly unable to pay for those medical services. A staff of physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, and administrative and clerical personnel provide the following services:- Diagnostic evaluations to determine a CCS medically eligible condition.
- Treatment services which may include hospitalizations, surgeries, therapy services, medical social services, nutrition consultations, medical durable equipment and supplies, and orthodontics.
- Physical and Occupational Therapy.
- What services does the Alcohol and Drug Program Administration provide?
Answer: The services of the Alcohol and Drug Program Administration are provided to community-based agencies, coalitions, public agencies, County task forces, and residents of Los Angeles County who have or are at risk of developing alcohol and drug problems. These services are:- Alcohol and drug community prevention, early intervention, and public policy programs.
- Alcohol and drug detoxificaiton programs.
- Transitional living and alcohol/drug free housing.
- Social model alcohol recovery programs.
- Residential and outpatient drug treatment programs.
- Perinatal and women's programs.
- Methadone maintenance programs.
- Alcohol and drug criminal justice treatment programs.
- Penal Code 1000 drug diversion programs.
- Drinking driver programs.
- Community planning, program development, contract negotiation, and monitoring activities.
- Data collection and evaluation, and computer systems management.
- What services are provided by the Child Abuse Prevention Program?
Answer: The Child Abuse Prevention Program offers the following services:- Child Abuse directory of Health Workers
- Guidelines for reporting and managing child abuse
- Conferences, task force meetings, and in-service training programs
- Statistical reports on child abuse in Los Angeles County
- Audiovisual library on child abuse available to public and private agencies
- Assistance and consultation for health professionals regarding child abuse issues
- Establishment of and training for Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect (SCAN) Teams
- Child Abuse Resource Teams (CART) and Death Review Team
- What services are offered by Child Health and Disability Prevention Program?
Answer: Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) services include:- Comprehensive health examination by private, public, and school providers
- Diagnostic/treatment referral
- Outreach and health education
- Nutrition consultation
- Dental referral
- Tobacco avoidance and cessation
- Vision and hearing screening
- Immunizations
- Anticipatory guidance
- Video and printed health education material
- First grade school CHDP reporting
- CHDP provider recruitment/orientation
- Baby tracking program
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services outreach to eligible children
- What services are provided by the Child Health Programs?
Answer: The Child Health Programs offers the following services:- Follow-up of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome cases
- Childhood lead poisoning prevention
- Foster care
- Injury prevention
- Fostering self-esteem
- Perinatal substance abuse
- Day care
- Heritable disease screening
- School-based health care
- Assessement of health care needs for children in Los Angeles County
- What is the mission of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program?
Answer: The mission of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is to provide a comprehensive response to the problems facing families and the community when a child has been poisoned by lead. The program is funded by State and Federal agencies.
- What are the services provided by Community Health?
Answer: The services provided by Community Health include the following:- Assurance of quality health services through district health teams
- Community outreach, health education, epidemiological investigation and prevention of communicable diseases
- Response to disasters through public health nursing services
- Community disease control and investigation/resolution of unusual or difficult public health cases through public health investigation services
- Health education services to the community and department of Health Services staff with leadership in community outreach
- Advocacy to support access to food/nutrition services information that promote health and prevent disease
- The Oral Health Unit's primary function is to provide dental public health leadership, information, and resources to the County's population at large
- What services are provided by the Data Collection and Analysis Unit?
Answer: The Data Collection and Analysis program provides the following services:- Data management consultation
- Consultation for epidemiological studies
- Statistical analysis and report preparation
- Current and historical data summaries
- Automated Vital Statistics System (AVSS) technical support to maternity hospitals
- Automated Vital Statistics System technical support to district registrars
- What programs are involved in disease control?
Answer: The programs involved in disease control are as follows:- Acute Communicable Disease Control
- Tuberculosis Control Program
- Immunization Program
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Program
- HIV Epidemiology Program
- Public Health Laboratory
- Toxics Epidemiology Program
- Comparative Medical and Veterinary Services
- What are the services provided by the Environmental Health Program?
Answer: The services provided by the Environmental Health Program are as follows:- Food establishment inspections
- Housing and institution inspections
- Response to citizen complaints regarding environmental problems
- Radiation control
- Swimming pool and recreation area inspections
- Garment inspection program
- Noise control
- Vector control/vectorborne disease surveillance
- Water, sewage, and waste control
- Land-use planning
- Foodborne illness investigations
- Environmental hygiene evaluations
- What services are provided by the Injury and Violence Prevention Program?
Answer: The Injury and Violence Prevention Program provides the following services:- Injury Epidemiology
- Current and historical data summaries
- Pre-school pedestrian injury prevention project
- Drowning prevention
- Child passenger safety seat low cost voucher-program
- Violence prevention programs
- What services are provided by the Nutrition Program?
Answer: The Nutrition Program provides the following services:- Agency and group consultation
- Nutrition guidelines
- Educational materials for patients and the public
- Resource materials for educators and health professionals
- Nutrition student training
- Nutrition data analysis
- Countrywide nutrition initiatives
- What is WHO?
Answer: WHO is the World Health Organization. PAHO is the WHO regional office for the Americas.
Links:
Go to WHO
