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 Announcements
Vision: Healthy People in Healthy Families in Healthy Communities
Mission: Promote Individual, Family and Community Health and Prevent Disease, Injury, and Disability
Goals
- Prevent illness, injuries and the spread of disease.
- Assure highest quality and accessible health services.
- Promote and encourage healthy behaviors.
- Respond to emergencies and disasters and assist communities in recovery.
Services
We provide public health care for all people in Ventura County. We:
- Improve access to, and quality of, personal, family and community health services.
- Provide direct services and link people to needed health care.
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
- Identify community health problems through research and monitoring.
- Identify, reduce and solve community health problems and hazards.
- Mobilize community partnerships to solve health problems.
- Enforce health laws and regulations to protect people and communities.
Further Information
Click the "Major Public Health Programs" links menu to the right for detailed information, and visit the Public Health section of the Health Care Agency's Directory of Services.
Get information on the County's health status at Epidemiology and Research, and download the following documents:
National Public Health Campaign
Watch videos that explain "Why Public Health Matters." Download "The National Public Health Fact Sheet." We're in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Read the Ventura County Star report on Childhood Obesity.
Address
Ventura County Public Health
2240 E. Gonzales Road, Suite 210
Oxnard, CA 93035
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