Publications
Articles & Abstracts
- Using Media to Advance Public Health Agendas
- Briefing Paper on Impact of the Economy on Health Access in East Contra Costa County
- Health Disparities in Contra Costa
- Environmental Justice Framework: A Public Health Approach
- Planning Communities: What Health Has to Do With It
- Photovoice: Giving Local Health Departments a New Perspective on Community Health Issues
- Community Engagement in Public Health
Guidebooks
- Communicable Disease Guide
- Youth Power Curriculum
- Preventing Chronic Disease: A Guide For Local Health Departments (web and PDF versions)
- Chronic Disease Prevention: A Framework
- Healthy Neighborhoods Project
Case Studies
- Reducing Health Disparities: Breast Cancer Early Diagnosis
- Have Fun But Don't Shoot Your Gun
- Prevention of Tobacco Use
Pamphlets
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- Director's Report
- [Archives]
- Health Sense: Newsletter for Contra Costa Health Plan
- Behavioral Health Connection
- EMS Best Practices
- Tobacco Prevention Project Update
- The Update: CCRMC & Health Centers Newsletter
Reports
- Child Death Report
- Health Indicators and Environmental Factors Related to Obesity for Antioch, Bay Point, and Pittsburg (May 2013) Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption:
- Health Indicators in Contra Costa County
- CCRMC Cancer Program Annual Report - 2010 Blue print for Asthma Action:
- A Report for Awareness and Advocacy in Contra Costa County
- Executive Summary for Contra Costa County

Strategic media work is an integral part of modern public health practice. This article describes how Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) and others have worked with the media, and encourages Local Health Departments (LHDs) to view media work as core to their essential functions.
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