Proclamation Public Health Week
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PROCLAMA TION
the built environment (including our transportation, housing, employment, and
commercial infrastructures), affects the health and safety of all our citizens; and
the lack of exercise and poor nutrition are leading to epidemic rates of obesity in
children, which is a risk factor for diabetes, high blood pressure, and other
preventable diseases; and
Dubuque's public health workforce strives to ensure that our homes,
neighborhoods and communities are healthy places where all people in
Dubuque, especially our children, can thrive; and
through partnering with colleagues from the public and private sector, public
health maximizes available resources to enhance the provision of quality
services that promote health and a quality environment; and
Dubuque is committed to creating a culture of health in which residents are free
of preventable diseases and injuries, have access to quality health services, live
in a healthy physical and social environment and have a high quality of life
throughout their lifespan; and
the public health community serves the people of Dubuque by identifying and
addressing patterns of disease, disability, illness, and injury in populations; and
by focusing on the community for the promotion of health and prevention of
disease and injury, public health has contributed to the decline in mortality,
illness and injury, including heart disease and strokes, tobacco-related disease,
vaccine-preventable disease, infectious disease, injuries; and
Whereas, healthy kids are better learners, healthy workers are more productive and the
goal of Public Health Week is to empower citizens of Dubuque to live stronger
and longer.
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 3-9, 2006 AS:
"PUBLIC HEAL TH WEEK"
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Dubuque, IA to be affixed this 3'd day of
April, 2006.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk