Welcome

Welcome to this website for the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department. We hope that you can use this internet technology to learn about public health and how it protects all of us.

We at the Public Health Department work with a broad range of individuals and organizations to meet the public health needs of our community, including:

• preventing epidemics and the spread of disease
• protecting against environmental hazards
• preventing injuries
• encouraging healthy behaviors
• ensuring that health services are available for those who need them.

I encourage you to explore our website and take advantage of the information it contains. We welcome your ideas on how we can improve our services and provide you with health information that is useful.

Yours in health,

Elliot Schulman, MD, MPH Director/Health Officer
Public Health Department