THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING APRIL 5, 2010 TO APRIL 11, 2010 AS

PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK

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WHEREAS, throughout the country, the week of April 5, 2010 to April 11, 2010 will be designated as PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK with the theme of “A Healthier America: One Community at a Time;” and

   

WHEREAS, PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK provides the opportunity for the public to learn about gains attributable to advances in Public Health over the last 100 years, and that noted advancements in Public Heath include improvements in motor vehicle safety, reduction in work-related injuries and illnesses, control of infectious diseases, and a safe and healthier food supply, as well as improvements in prenatal, infant and child health services, resulting in healthier mothers and babies, decreases in diseases through vaccinations, lifestyle modifications, such as smoking cessation and better eating and exercise habits, that are decreasing the risks for chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke; and

   

WHEREAS, these advancements in Public Health are credited with the addition of 25 years of life expectancy over the past century and San Mateo County recognizes the many programs designed to improve the health and fitness of its employees and citizens, such as Employee Health and Fitness, As Fresh as It Gets, Tobacco Prevention Program, Get Healthy San Mateo, Built Environment, the Blue Ribbon Task Force, the Parks Department Health Promotion Campaign and many others; and

   

WHEREAS, the County recognizes that Public Health is much more than health-care services, and that the social, economic and physical environments in some communities reduce the opportunities that their residents have to enjoy long and healthy lives.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, hereby designates April 5, 2010 to April 11, 2010 as Public Health Week: “A Healthier America: One Community at a Time” throughout our community.

   

Dated: March 26, 2010

 
 

SUPERVISORS:

 
   


RICHARD S. GORDON, President

     
   


MARK CHURCH

     
   


CAROLE GROOM

     
   


ROSE JACOBS GIBSON

Attest:

   
   


ADRIENNE J. TISSIER

 

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Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors