The San Bernardino Health Department provides a variety of services
in terms of environmental health managing, food handling, disease programs and
profiles. The online website provides great tools to look for information with
communicable diseases and food. It is a great resource to search for certain environmental
issues and how you can help the city. I was surprise to find that food handling
was on the website and information was provided how to determine the best way
to handle food locally.
Another great tool on the website is a calendar of local
events and certain things that the health department is involved. They provide
for a schedule that allows the community to get involved which is a great
resource to have. Another thing I found helpful was a list of environmental
health emergencies. These emergencies are good to notify the public if anything
dangerous happens in the city, we can be prepared.
One thing I found
interesting that they have started to incorporate social media in their usage
of getting things out to the public. There is online payments you can make
which is super useful as well. I would like more information on health services provided by the city. I would also like more organization of posts as well and a possible forum would be nice so we can submit questions and comments.
Hi Snay,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing about San Bernardino Health Department, I think its extremely important for our health departments to find any means to engage the residents of their communities. It's great that San Bernardino Health Department is social media savvy and taking all means possible to ensure the health and well being of their community.
Hi Snay,
ReplyDeleteI like that you mention the food handling piece as surprising. When I think of safe food handling in terms of environmental health, I think of food inspections at restaurants. As part of a course at the beginning of the year, I had the chance to shadow a health inspector in San Francisco. We had the opportunity to visit multiple restaurants and rate their food handling and facility. I can see how both of these factors can be a concern for public health, considering how many people these locations are serving on a daily basis. To mitigate any spread of communicable and food borne diseases, many steps need to be taken, which can also reduce the spread of illnesses across communities.
I also appreciate that you mention their calendar. I think this is an awesome tool that can be used to bring more public awareness to environmental health in the community. What were some of the events that you notice were listed on there?