The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is the second largest public health system in the nation.
It provides direct patient care and public health services for its more than 10 million county residents. The Department of Public Health
protects health, prevents disease, and promotes the health and well-being for all persons in Los Angeles County.
The Emergency Preparedness and Response Program (EPRP) is one of many programs in the Public Health Department. The mission of EPRP
is to assure preparedness of the public and community
responders to a terrorist event, or other public health
emergency, by coordinating federal, state, and local resources to provide public health staff training, community education, and exercises.
The "Just Be Ready: Prepare Together" campaign, launched on July 20, 2005, is one of the many preparedness activities that is designed to fulfill EPRP’s mission. The campaign is a multi-cultural education and outreach campaign
that seeks to increase the public’s awareness of the
importance of emergency communication plans.
The "Just Be Ready: Prepare Together" campaign will include radio, television, and print public service announcements (PSAs) in 12 different languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Khmer, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Armenian, Russian, Arabic, and Farsi. Community outreach is a major component of the campaign. The Public Health Department will be distributing educational materials on emergency preparedness at various health fairs and community events across Los Angeles County. The campaign will include outreach to special populations, schools, and businesses.
This "Just Be Ready: Prepare Together"
Web site is part of the campaign’s multicultural and multilingual outreach efforts to assist county residents prepare themselves and their families for emergencies.
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