Behavioral health, Womens Health and sexual health. I want to point out that and in that roll i have been looking at this data now for almost 15 years and i can tell you we have a lot of work to do and what i want to emphasize now is the leadership that director garcia is shes put together an African American Health Initiative and were actually going to focus in the area specifically in our healthcare system. We expend a huge amount of money and we need to within our system and some parts of or system are more than 50 percent of our population and we feel we cant turn the curve with a patient, the clients, the people whose lives were touching, how can with go with communities so thats going to be a real important focus and i want to say thats what were going to do. I want to end up with one little quote that my wife tells her first gradesers. She tells her first graders believe in yourself, work hard and dream big. And thats what were going to do. Were dreaming big. We think if were ve
Area specifically in our healthcare system. We expend a huge amount of money and we need to within our system and some parts of or system are more than 50 percent of our population and we feel we cant turn the curve with a patient, the clients, the people whose lives were touching, how can with go with communities so thats going to be a real important focus and i want to say thats what were going to do. I want to end up with one little quote that my wife tells her first gradesers. She tells her first graders believe in yourself, work hard and dream big. And thats what were going to do. Were dreaming big. We think if were very aligned and focused and we can make a difference with African American patients and what we learned we can and, per tease we can bring into the community. Im going to turn it over to susan phillips. Good afternoon commissioners, im marry as the director of maternal child and health sheer here in San Francisco our mission is to promote the health and well being of
Of deputies who former cadets and some of them may cut through teeth on very welding sf again and thats exactly the kind of [inaudible] that we should be encouraging in San Francisco who gets that level of training and who wants to make the longevity be with our department. Im wondering if we can hold the questions for mr. Pickens until i can make sure that the commissioners have had the questions in deference to the sheriff and his time. You have none . Okay. So thank you again, very much. Youre certainly welcome to remain and potentially your own representatives could answer any other questions that may arise. I want to make sure you understand your own timing and that we respect that too and thank you for coming. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Pickens, there are questions and well start on my left here with commissioner karshmer please. Thank you and thank you to the sheriff for the work that you obviously have worked very hard to address some of the issues. And my r
Behavioral health, Womens Health and sexual health. I want to point out that and in that roll i have been looking at this data now for almost 15 years and i can tell you we have a lot of work to do and what i want to emphasize now is the leadership that director garcia is shes put together an African American Health Initiative and were actually going to focus in the area specifically in our healthcare system. We expend a huge amount of money and we need to within our system and some parts of or system are more than 50 percent of our population and we feel we cant turn the curve with a patient, the clients, the people whose lives were touching, how can with go with communities so thats going to be a real important focus and i want to say thats what were going to do. I want to end up with one little quote that my wife tells her first gradesers. She tells her first graders believe in yourself, work hard and dream big. And thats what were going to do. Were dreaming big. We think if were ve
The Knox County Health Department and the Tennessee Federation of Fire Chaplainsare conducting an emergency preparedness exercise to ensure the health department’s shower trailerswill operate during an emergency event. If needed, emergency workers would use the trailers if noother facilities were av