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Apr 3, 2026·BoardMeeting
Board
Lyme Disease Advisory Committee Minutes
The committee meeting covered updates from members regarding Lyme disease research, vaccine development, and tick surveillance activities. The CDPH provided a progress report on Lyme disease surveillance data, incidence rates, and tick infection prevalence. Discussions included public education and outreach efforts, improvements to tick seasonality and risk infographics, and the presentation of information regarding various ticks and tick-borne diseases in California. The committee also addressed the challenges of nymphal tick collection, testing for pathogens, and future messaging strategies for healthcare providers and the public.
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The California Public Health Roadmap for Firearm Violence Prevention, developed by the California Department of Public Health, outlines local strategies to reduce and prevent firearm violence from a public health perspective. It identifies eight key strategies, including addressing racism, elevating positive childhood experiences while reducing adverse childhood experiences, changing social norms, strengthening household financial security, strengthening social supports, improving neighborhood conditions, improving firearm safety practices, and implementing community violence intervention programs. The roadmap aims to provide a framework for local public health organizations to adopt evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention strategies.
Jan 1, 2026·StrategicPlan
Board
California Department of Public Health Final Plan 2026-2029
This Final Plan outlines the California Department of Public Health's strategic approach to implement Behavioral Health Transformation. It integrates statutory requirements, stakeholder input, and operational components. Key areas of focus include establishing a Center for Social and Behavioral Health, prioritizing investments for at-risk populations (Black, Indigenous, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern populations; Children, youth, and families; Immigrant and refugee populations; LGBTQIA+ populations; Older adults; People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities; Tribes; and Veterans), and deploying statewide prevention strategies such as policy initiatives, awareness campaigns, training, community engagement, and evaluation. The plan also details funding mechanisms to mobilize local implementation through Community-Based Organizations, Tribes, and Local Health Jurisdictions. The overall aim is to ensure comprehensive, effective interventions and foster strong coordination and systems change at both state and local levels.
Jan 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
Tobacco Education And Research Oversight Committee Plan 2025-2026
This plan aims to achieve health equity by eliminating commercial tobacco and nicotine use in California. It focuses on ending the commercial tobacco epidemic by fighting industry influence and reducing tobacco-related health disparities. Key objectives include reducing tobacco-related disparities, building capacity to end the epidemic, addressing the evolving tobacco product landscape, protecting youth and young adults from tobacco, promoting smokefree environments, reducing tobacco product waste, promoting tobacco cessation, and countering the tobacco and cannabis industries. The overarching vision is a commercial tobacco-free California where communities are not disproportionately impacted and individuals are free from tobacco-related diseases and addiction.
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