FL Health Pasco issued the following announcement on April 6.
National Public Health Week Highlights the Role Health Departments Play in Community Wellness
Mark your calendars for April 4 - 11
Media Contact Only: Tom Iovino
Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County
727-568-8160
Public health touches every one of our lives. Whether it is ensuring that new moms and their
children have nutritious food to eat, providing vaccines to school aged children or preventing a
disease outbreak from spreading, public health professionals answer the call every day to
provide dozens of services. That is why your West Central Florida county health departments
serving Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and
Sarasota counties are taking time out to recognize National Public Health Week.
For more than 25 years, the American Public Health Association(www.APHA.org) has organized this nationwide campaign to ensure the public and policymakers are aware of the efforts taken on their behalf. Beyond working to protect individual health, public health professionals coordinate with community partners to identify improvements and remove barriers so people can live a healthy lifestyle. Whether it is planning for more walkable neighborhoods or addressing socioeconomic factors which lead to higher rates of contagious illnesses, you will find public health working shoulder-to-shoulder with other agencies to make our communities better places to call home.
One of the simplest ways you can engage in National Public Health Week is to participate in the
Keep it Moving challenge (http://NPHW.org/Get-Involved/Keep-It-Moving). Neighborhoods,
schools, workplaces and congregations are encouraged to take more steps – whether through
walking, running, dancing or other physical activity. It may seem like a small effort, but
combined those steps add up to a happier and healthier community.
To learn more about how your county health department encourages public health, please call:
• DOH Citrus: 352-527-0068
• DOH Hardee: 863-773-4161
• DOH Hernando: 352-540-6800
• DOH Highlands: 863-386-6040
• DOH Hillsborough: 813-307-8000
• DOH Manatee: 941-748-0747
• DOH Pasco: 727-619-0300
• DOH Pinellas: 727-824-6900
• DOH Polk: 863-519-7900
• DOH Sarasota: 941-861-2900
About the Florida Department of Health
The Department, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to
protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state,
county and community efforts.
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @HealthyFla. For more information about
the Florida Department of Health please visit www.FloridaHealth.gov.
Original source can be found here.
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