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This Community Health Assessment (CHA) is part of an ongoing community health improvement process and provides data that assists us with identifying priority issues affecting health in Sacramento County. We will use the CHA as the foundation for health planning processes in the future.
The Sacramento County Public Health (SCPH) Epidemiology Unit (Epi) conducts disease surveillance and, using these data, generates surveillance reports on the health of Sacramento County residents. These surveillance reports address a variety of topics, including infectious diseases, chronic diseases, injury, and vital statistics.
The mission of Sacramento County Public Health is to promote, protect, and assure conditions for optimal health and public safety for residents and communities of Sacramento County through leadership, collaboration, prevention, and response.
This is done through investigating cases or suspect cases of a reportable disease (per Title 17 Reportable Diseases and Conditions) or other conditions of public health concern, following up on exposed contacts, coordinating laboratory testing, educating the community, providing technical guidance on prevention and control measures, and ...
Sacramento County Public Health keeps its partners informed of communicable disease outbreaks, emerging infectious diseases, and other conditions of public health concern through health alerts and advisories.
Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory provides both routine and specialized testing services for the detection, control, and prevention of communicable diseases in the County and surrounding catchment area.
Public Health professionals work to improve the conditions and behaviors that influence health. They also work to limit health disparities, promote healthy lifestyles, conduct research on disease and injury prevention, and track, prevent, and respond to disease outbreaks.
Sacramento County Public Health clinics are open to people who live or work in Sacramento County. This week's pop-up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Locations in Sacramento County ** Clinic times subject to change for heat and/or weather **
People who do not have health insurance, or have health plans that do not cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccines, can get a free vaccine from Sacramento County Public Health clinics, select Community Clinics, and some retail pharmacies.
The Public Health Advisory Board (PHAB) strives to influence policy and program decisions by offering input, advice and recommendations. Specifically, the Board of Supervisors charge PHAB with: Identifying local public health and primary care needs and priorities;