HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03221994 - 94-191 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF:
PROCLAIMING 17HE WEEK OF RESOLUTION NO. 94/191
APRIL 4-10, 1.994 AS
"PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK"
IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
WHEREAS, the California State Department of Health Services has
declared the week of April 4 through 10, 1994 as "Public Health
Week" and is joining with county and city health departments,
community-based organizations and primary care clinics in
coordinating and promoting public health activities during the
week; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the week is to provide public recognition
and informational opportunities about accomplishments and
successful preventive public health programs; and
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Health Services Department,
working in partnership with community-based organizations,
citizen' s advisory boards and local residents, is working to reduce
the incidence of preventable, life-threatening disease through
community outreach, education and prevention activities; and
WHEREAS, the! Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board has
advised the Board of Supervisors that the priority public health
areas are chronic disease, AIDS, substance abuse, unintentional
injury and violence, perinatal health and family and adolescent
health issues; and
WHEREAS, the residents of Contra Costa County represent
increasingly diverse cultural and ethnic populations with a myriad
of different. public health needs; and
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County has taken a leadership role in
pioneering :innovative, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary public
health services and in focusing the attention of the community on
public health issues;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED THAT:
The week of April 4-10, 1994 is PROCLAIMED "Public Health Week"
throughout Contra Costa County.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
March 22, 1994 .
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
twenty-second day of March, 1994 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board -
of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By
Deputy Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 94/191