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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Index Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) provides public health services to Los Angeles County residents. [1]

24 relations: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, California, Emergency management, Epidemiology, Exercise, HIV, Immunization, Injury Prevention (journal), Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County Health Agency, Los Angeles County, California, Nutrition, Public health, Restaurant rating, Sexually transmitted infection, Substance abuse, Syphilis, Tax, Tobacco control, Tuberculosis, Veterinary medicine.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a Los Angeles-based global nonprofit provider of HIV prevention services, testing, and healthcare for HIV patients.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Emergency management

Emergency management or disaster management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies (preparedness, response, and recovery).

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Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where) and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.

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Exercise

Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Immunization

Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen).

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Injury Prevention (journal)

Injury Prevention is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the prevention of injuries in all age groups, including child and adolescent injuries.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (LAC BOS) is the five-member governing body of Los Angeles County, California.

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Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.

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Los Angeles County Health Agency

The Los Angeles County Health Agency is Los Angeles County's consolidated health agency, comprising the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the United States' second largest municipal hospital system, Mental Health, the United States' largest municipal mental health system, and Public Health.

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Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is the most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2017.

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Nutrition

Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Restaurant rating

Restaurant ratings identify restaurants according to their quality, using notations such as stars or other symbols, or numbers.

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Sexually transmitted infection

Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or venereal diseases (VD), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex.

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Substance abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder.

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Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.

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Tax

A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or other legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.

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Tobacco control

Tobacco control is a field of international public health science, policy and practice dedicated to addressing tobacco use and thereby reducing the morbidity and mortality it causes.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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Veterinary medicine

Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Department_of_Public_Health

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