The Orange County Health Department’s Office of Health Education offers a wide variety of health-related services to Orange County agencies, businesses, schools and community groups.  The services that are requested most frequently are listed below.  These are not the only programs that we offer!   We can tailor presentations around almost any health-related topic of interest.

Community Cardiovascular Health Program:

• Do You Know Your Cholesterol Numbers?
• Healthy Holiday Eating
• Preventing & Controlling High Blood Pressure
• Dangers of Second-Hand Smoke
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
• Are You at Risk for Diabetes
• Portion Distortion
• Obesity
• 5 A Day Nutrition 

Please contact  Cheri Rufener (ext.1230) for more information.

Injury Prevention and Safety:

• Senior Falls Prevention
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Sun Safety
• Animal Bite Prevention
• Drowning Prevention
• Holiday Safety
• Poison Prevention
• Animal Bite Prevention
• Toy Safety

Please contact Teresa Moran (ext.1229) for more information.

General Health Topics:

• Arthritis
• Hand washing
• Food Safety
• Osteoporosis

The Office of Health Education also provides technical assistance for the development and implementation of health fairs, employee wellness, and other community health events.  For more information, please telephone Cheri Rufener, Program Administrator, to see how the Health Education staff can assist you.

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