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: Advance Search Friday, May 09, 2008

Speaker's Bureau

The experienced and professional staff of the Orange County Health Department is available to speak to local businesses, agencies, civic organizations, associations, and others about public health issues, current and emerging diseases, health trends and other health-related topics.  Below are some examples of topics to choose from.  If you are interested in a topic that is not listed, let us know

  • An overview of Orange County Health Department programs and services
  • Emerging trends in public health
  • Health disparities
  • HIV and STD prevention and current trends
  • Teen pregnancy prevention and youth abstinence
  • How to obtain a birth or death certificate
  • Emergency and hurricane preparedness (special needs shelters; Incident Command System; mass casualty, disaster, and continuity of operations planning)
  • Pandemic Influenza
  • Cities Readiness Initiative (mass vaccine or medication distribution to entire population within 48 hours)
  • Impact of public health in our community and health department/public health goals
  • Women’s health issues (i.e. breast cancer and self-examination, family planning, prenatal care, pre-term labor, domestic violence)
  • Men’s health issues (i.e. prostate cancer)
  • Nutrition and physical activity
  • Eight Weeks to Wellness™
    1. Identify and Develop a Healthy Lifestyle
    2. Becoming More Physically Active
    3. Choosing Healthy Fats
    4. Choosing Healthy Carbohydrates
    5. Achieving/Maintaining a Healthy Weight
    6. Enhancing the Mind-Body Connection
    7. Coping with Stress
    8. Getting Preventative Health Chec
  • Dental care and hygiene
  • Childhood immunizations (vaccine-preventable diseases)
  • Diabetes management in the school
  • Chronic disease management (diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, cardiovascular disease)
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Seasonal Flu and Pneumonia
  • Orange County Health Department eligibility process
  • Temporary Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women (PEPW)
  • Tuberculosis (infection control, case reporting, targeted testing)
  • Environmental health topics, such as:
    1. Indoor air quality
    2. Radon
    3. Lead
    4. Care of swimming pools
    5. Hazards of meth labs
To schedule a speaker, please contact Beverly Cook, Orange County Health Department Community Relations, at 407-858-1460 or Email Request for Speaker.
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