HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRO-2017-006 Proclamation proclaiming the week of April 3-9, 2017 as National Public Health Week RD obn-b0 b
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
National Public Health Week
APRIL 3-9, 2017
WHEREAS, the week of April 3 through 9, 2017 is National Public Health Week, and the theme is
"Healthiest Nation 2030"; and
WHEREAS, since 1995, the American Public Health Association, through its sponsorship of
National Public Health Week, has educated the public, policymakers and public health
professionals about issues important to improving the public's health; and
WHEREAS, over the past 25 years, U.S. life expectancy has increased, but at a slower rate than in
other countries, and studies consistently show U.S residents have a lower life expectancy than
comparable countries; and
WHEREAS, there is a significant difference in health status, such as obesity, poor mental health and
infectious disease, of people living in the healthiest states compared to people living in the least
healthy states; and
WHEREAS, public health professionals help communities prevent, prepare for, withstand and
recover from the impact of a full range of health threats, including disease outbreaks such as the
Zika virus, natural disasters and disasters caused by human activity; and
WHEREAS, public health action, together with scientific and technologic advances, have played a
major role in reducing and in some cases eliminating the spread of infectious disease, and in
establishing today's disease surveillance and control systems; and
WHEREAS, the percentage of adults smoking cigarettes in the U.S., the leading cause of
preventable disease and death in this nation, decreased from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 15.1 percent
in 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do
hereby proclaim the week of April 3 through 9, 2017 as National Public Health Week in Orange
County and call upon the people of Orange County to observe this week by helping our families,
friends, neighbors, co-workers and leaders better understand the value of public health and
supporting great opportunities to adopt preventive lifestyle habits in light of this year's theme,
"Healthiest Nation 2030."
This, the 4th day of April, 2017.
Mark Dorosin, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners