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DATE: October 18, 2011
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Joni Pattillo, City Manager
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SUBJECT: National Health Education Week
Prepared by Caroline P. Soto, City Clerk
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The California Association of School Health Educators (CASHE) and three Southeast city
council members request the Dublin City Council consider supporting the attached "National
Health Education Week" proclamation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider supporting the "National Health Education Week" proclamation.
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Submitted By Reviewed By
City Clerk Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
The California Association of School Health Educators (CASHE) has contacted a number of
cities in California asking for proclamations supporting National Health Education Week. This
year National Health Education Week is October 16-22, 2011. The theme this year is "Health
Literacy: Gateway to Improving the Public's Health." CASHE is asking that City Councils
consider supporting the proclamation by "signing on" with other cities.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None
ATTACHMENTS: 1. National Health Education Week Proclamation
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October 1, 2011
Dear Colleague:
About this time the California Association of School Health Educators (CASHE) contacted a number
of cities in California asking for proclamations supporting National Health Education Week and
CASHE did receive support from over 40 cities. This year National Health Education Week is October
16-22, 2011. The theme this year is "Health Literacy: Gateway to Improving the Public's Health."
A few cities last year turned down the request because it is getting a bit costly to process more than a
hundred proclamations that City Councils are inundated with during a year. CASHE agrees and has
come up with an easier plan this year -just sign on to the attached proclamation. This can be done
just by sending us an a-mail indicating your City support for the proclamation. This saves paper, fancy
proclamation covers and plaques and the postage to mail it all.
We do hope your city will join with others in supporting this important effort.
Sincerely,
Councilmember Elba Guerrero
City of Huntington Park
Councilmember Nestor Valencia
City of Bell
Councilmember Felipe Aguirre
City of Maywood
President Marty Axelson
CASHE
Vice President Ric Loya
CASHE
former Mayor &Councilmember City of Huntington Park
A PROCLAMATIONOF THE CITYCOUNCIL
• CITYOFDUBLIN
CALIFORNIA
"National Health Education Week"
**WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has a vital interest in a health literate nation in collaboration with the
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the California Association of School Health
Educators (CASHE); and
**WHEI3EAS, health literacy has been defined as the ability to "obtain, process and understanding basic
health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions; and
**WHEl2F.AS, nearly 9 out of ro adults have problems finding and using health information and the cost of
poor health literacy to our nation is estimated to be between $roo and $20o billion U.S. dollars (USD)
annually; and
WHEREAS, health literacy affects all people's ability to search for and use health information, adopt healthy
behaviors, and act on important public health alerts; and
WHEREAS, improving health literacy skills includes an integrated approach that involves enhancing the
usability of health information and services; and increasing the health-related knowledge of individuals and
their capacity to understand health information; and
• WHEREAS, community health educators and school health educators are uniquely positioned to bridge the
gap between the information disseminated by the healthcare and public health systems and the knowledge and
skills of consumers who use them; and
WHEREAS SOPHE and CASHE are committed to addressing health literacy issues and reducing the
incidence of poor health literacy among Americans by bringing health education and its principles into the
legislative and public arenas; and
**WHE1tEAS, in celebration of National Health Education Week, national, state and local collaboration
is essential to support the 2ou National Health Education Week focus on health literacy through the
theme, "Health Literacy: Gateway to Improving the Public's Health";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Dublin City Council, do hereby proclaim The Third
Week of October, October i6-22, 2011 as National Health Education Week and urge al] individuals
and communities to take part in activities designed to enhance awazeness of public health education messages
and activities to reduce poor health literacy by supporting and encouraging participation in National Health
Education Week including maintaining and strengthening current health education courses provided by
over one hundred California school districts and by the formation of a California Assembly Speaker's Advisory
Panel on School Health Education.
Dated this i8'" day of October, 2ou
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