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Public Health

Our mission is to promote and protect the health and well being of the individual, family and community in Contra Costa County.


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Physicians who need to report a suspected public health emergency should contact the Public Health division immediately at 925-313-6740; or after hours, call the sheriff's dispatch at 925-646-2441 and ask for the Health Officer On Call.

Items of Interest

West Nile Virus
- Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus - Risk to People Increases (Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District).

Snapshot of the Food Environment in West County (11.5MB MS PowerPoint file, 19pp.)
- Press Release: Contra Costa Ranks in Top 10 Worst Counties for Healthy Food Choices

Health Alert for High Heat

Tobacco Prevention Coalition Meeting
How the Tobacco Industry has Targeted Inner Cities and the African-American Community With Valerie Yerger, N.D., L.M. (92k PDF, 1p.)

Information on Tobacco License Suspensions
- Press Release: Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors Continue, Retailers' Licenses Suspended
- List of Tobacco License Suspensions (PDF).

New "Smoke-Free Cars with Minors" Law Protects California's Children from Secondhand Smoke in Cars (California Department of Public Health - 113k PDF, 2pp.) | Spanish (117k PDF, 2pp.)

Health Officials Concerned about Sale of Tobacco to Minors

Flu vaccine available at Immunization Clinics

Seasonal Flu
- Seasonal Flu Cases in the US (CDC)
- CDC Director Julie Gerberding Talks to CNN about Flu Vaccinations (CNN Video)
- Flu vaccine available at Immunization Clinics
- California Department of Public Health Urges Californians to Get Immunized Against The Flu (73k PDF, 2pp.) (California Department of Public Health).

 Still Time for a Flu Shot, podcast by Dr. William Walker

Healthy and Active Before 5: Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Contra Costa County
- Executive Summary (840k PDF, 4pp.)
- Full Action Plan (2.9mb PDF, 20pp.)
- Press Release: Overweight Children Under Five is Focus of Conference.

Photovoice

Staph infection & MRSA
- Press release: Advice to Schools
- Letter to Schools (108k PDF, 2pp.)

Planning Communities: What Health Has to Do With It (945k PDF, 12pp.)

Mini-grants available for raising awareness about AIDS/HIV

Press Release: HIV Positive Contra Costa Residents Can Get Financial Help for Small Expenses

Communicable Disease Guide

Birth Spacing - Just us for 2 years
- Press Release: Campaign to Encourage Spacing Babies Launched

Kids' Plates: A License Plate For People with a Passion (720k PDF, 1p.)

Press Release: Rapid Testing for HIV/AIDS Urged

Which fast foods are the healthiest?

Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance
- Press Release: Tobacco Project Works With Businesses to Follow New Law

Information about Pandemic Flu
- Press Release: Pandemic Flu Preparedness Kits Available for Schools

Community Engagement in Public Health (478k PDF 8pp.)

Assisting Our Immigrant Community (105k PDF 1p.)

New Publication: Violence is a Public Health Issue (156k PDF, 2pp.)

Read the Current issue of FYI, the Tobacco Prevention Project's newsletter


Contra Costa Public Health Division
597 Center Avenue, Suite 200
Martinez, California 94553
925-313-6712
925-313-6721 fax

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