BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In Honor of Public Health Week: 2026\n\nWhat is Public Health?\ nPublic health is all about keeping communities healthy and safe. And\, of ten\, it is in ways people may not even notice. Instead of focusing on one person at a time\, public health looks at the big picture. Specifically\, how can we care for entire communities?\n\nWe ask questions like\, how do we:\n• Prevent illness and injury?\n• Protect our communities?\n• Make su re everyone has a fair chance to live well?\n\nWe Prevent Disease\n• We tr ack and aim to stop the spread of illnesses like measles\, flu\, RSV\, and valley fever.\n• We monitor outbreaks of various viral and bacterial infe ctions in the county.\n\nWe Protect Families\n• We promote healthy lifesty le habits like using seatbelts\, helmets\, and child car seats to prevent injuries.\n• We provide in-home visits and maternity classes through our H ealthy Families San Joaquin program.\n• We manage the county branch of Cal ifornia Children’s Services\, a statewide program that arranges\, directs\ , and pays for medical care\, equipment\, and rehabilitation for children and young adults under 21 years of age\, who have CCS eligible medical con ditions.\n• We lead vaccination events to keep children and families healt hy and disease-free.\n\nWe Plan for Emergencies\n• We prepare for disaster s like earthquakes\, floods\, extreme heat\, and wildfires\, so communitie s can respond quickly and stay safe.\n\nWe Support Healthy Living\n• We ru n programs like Safe Kids to promote car seat usage and safety\, and facil itate the Opioid Safety Coalition.\n• We manage the Childhood Lead Poisoni ng Prevention Program\, providing education services for families\, commun ity groups and health care providers.\n• We manage communicable disease pr ograms\, providing surveillance &\; case investigation of all reportabl e communicable diseases in the county.\n• We provide nutrition support thr ough the WIC (Women\, Infants\, and Children) program.\n\nWe Use Data to I mprove Health\n• We collect health information\, use technology and share data. Oftentimes we use dashboards to display this info\, which can be fou nd on our website https://www.sjcphs.org. Our goal is to reduce poor healt h outcomes\, especially for vulnerable populations.\n\nWe Manage Vital Rec ords\n• We process important documents like birth\, marriage\, and death c ertificates.\n\nLearn about all our programs on our website: www.sjcphs.or g\n\nYou can also watch this video made by our partners at the California Department of Public Health: https://youtu.be/AEl-3omD2jM?si=r8LAfCK7YE9h6 Z4s DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260411 DTSTAMP:20260410T021330Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260406 LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Public Health Week 2026 UID:RFCALITEM639113588105957135 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In Honor o f Public Health Week: 2026
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\nWhat is Public Heal th?
\nPublic health is all about keeping communities healthy a nd safe. And\, often\, it is in ways people may not even notice. Instead o f focusing on one person at a time\, public health looks at the big pictur e. Specifically\, how can we care for entire communities?
\n
\nWe ask questions like\, how do we:
\n• Prevent illness and injury?
\n• Protect our communities?
\n• Make sure everyone has a fa ir chance to live well?
\n
\nWe Prevent Disease
\n• We track and aim to stop the spread of illnesses like measles\, flu\, RSV\, and valley fever.
\n• We monitor outbreaks of various viral and b acterial infections in the county.
\n
\nWe Protect Families< /strong>
\n• We promote healthy lifestyle habits like using seatbelts\, helmets\, and child car seats to prevent injuries.
\n• We provide in-h ome visits and maternity classes through our Healthy Families San Joaquin program.
\n• We manage the county branch of California Children’s Servi ces\, a statewide program that arranges\, directs\, and pays for medical c are\, equipment\, and rehabilitation for children and young adults under 2 1 years of age\, who have CCS eligible medical conditions.
\n• We lead vaccination events to keep children and families healthy and disease-free.
\n
\nWe Plan for Emergencies
\n• We prepare for disasters like earthquakes\, floods\, extreme heat\, and wildfires\, so c ommunities can respond quickly and stay safe.
\n
\nWe Suppor t Healthy Living
\n• We run programs like Safe Kids to promote car seat usage and safety\, and facilitate the Opioid Safety Coalition.\n• We manage the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program\, providin g education services for families\, community groups and health care provi ders.
\n• We manage communicable disease programs\, providing surveilla nce &\; case investigation of all reportable communicable diseases in t he county.
\n• We provide nutrition support through the WIC (Women\, In fants\, and Children) program.
\n
\nWe Use Data to Improve H ealth
\n• We collect health information\, use technology and s hare data. Oftentimes we use dashboards to display this info\, which can b e found on our website https://www.sjcphs.org. Our goal is to reduce poor health outcomes\, especially for vulnerable populations.
\n
\nWe Manage Vital Records
\n• We process important documents l ike birth\, marriage\, and death certificates.
\n
\nLearn ab out all our programs on our website: www.sjcphs.org
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\nYou can also watch this video made by our partners at the California Department of Public Health: http s://youtu.be/AEl-3omD2jM?si=r8LAfCK7YE9h6Z4s

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