1. Foundations of Public Health PH-200 Fall 2008 Week 6 Cardiovascular disease Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for the past 80 years, and is a major cause of disability. Heart disease also results in substantial health-care expenditures; for example, coronary heart disease is projected to cost an estimated $151.6 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2007 – CDC.

2. Outline 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM : Questions and Review 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM : Public Health at the County Level – Orange County Health Care Agency 11:15 AM – 12:30PM : Presentations (Scholarly Reviews)

3. Public Health at the County-Level Orange County Health Care Agency http://www.ochealthinfo.com/

5. http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/heart_stroke_guide/addendum_chapter2.htm

6. California's Master Plan for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Treatment 2007-2015 http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cvd/Pages/California'sMasterPlanforHeartDiseaseandStrokePreventionandTreatment2007-2015.aspx

7. Orange County Health Care Agency The Health Care Agency is a regional provider, charged with protecting and promoting individual, family and community health through coordination of public and private sector resources. http://ochealthinfo.com/ HCA's service environment is complex, with 180 different funding sources and over 200 State and Federal mandates. The mandates under which HCA operates require the County to provide for, or to regulate, certain health services. Many also carry specific requirements for staffing, operations, claiming and record-keeping. http://www.epi.uci.edu/media/docs/cspoc/AnnualReport/OC/orange.htm

8. Many of HCA's services are preventive in nature and therefore are not readily apparent to the public. Some examples of services include: – food protection – hazardous waste regulation – protection from animal-related diseases – water quality monitoring and pollution prevention – mental health services – alcohol and drug abuse services – preventive health services for the aging – healthcare for incarcerated individuals – communicable disease control – child health and disability program – Immunizations – public health field nursing and public health clinics.

9. Mortality in Orange County http://ochealthinfo.com/pubs/ http://ochealthinfo.com/pubs/

10. Injury-related Mortality in Orange County

11. Age distribution of Suicides in Orange County

13. Estimates of Number of Babies Exposed to Dangerous Drugs in utero

14. Emerging Infectious Diseases (West Nile Virus)