Los_Angeles_County_Department_of_Public_Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Public health services provider for Los Angeles County residents
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) provides public health services to Los Angeles County residents. Barbara Ferrer is the Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Muntu Davis is the Los Angeles County Public Health Officer. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser is the Interim Health Officer and Medical Director for Los Angeles County.
With a budget of 893 million dollars, Public Health has 39 programs and 14 public health centers to serve 10 million LA County residents.[2]
Public Health programs include:[2]
- Environmental Health: operates restaurant rating system and grading systems for apartments and rental homes; inspects sewage treatment and water plants; enforces state and local environmental laws
- Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention; including Tobacco Control and Prevention, Nutrition, Senior Health, Physical Activity Promotion and Injury and Violence Prevention
- Communicable Disease Control & Prevention; including Acute Communicable Disease, Immunizations, Veterinary Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Program, and Public Health Laboratory.
- Substance Abuse Prevention & Control
- HIV & STD Programs
- Community Health Services
- Health Assessment & Epidemiology
- Health Facilities Inspection
- Children's Medical Services
- Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health
- Emergency Preparedness and Response