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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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Public Health Outreach Education and Collaborations (PHOEC)
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  Family, Maternal & Child Health
Child Health & Disability Prevention | California Children Services | Dental Health | TeenAge Program | WIC | more

Community Wellness & Prevention Program
Nutrition | Tobacco | Lead | Injury Prevention | more

Homeless Program
Health Care for the Homeless

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Reportable Diseases | Flu | Bioterrorism | Lead | Public Health Laboratory | more

Other Programs
- Public Health Nursing
- Senior Nutrition
- Limited English Assistance Program (LEAP)
  Vital Records
- Birth Certificates
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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.

Health Officials Close Contra Costa School to Control Whooping Cough Outbreak - May 9, 2008

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

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
- 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.)

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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