Join the Healthy Communities Movement!
Are you looking to lead your community to
better health? Are you looking to increase
your public health skills and build a resume
that demonstrates your community leadership?
Become a Public Health Ambassador with the
Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health (LACDPH)! Public Health Ambassadors
support their communities across Los Angeles
County by sharing public health information
and resources with family, friends, school
and social networks. Ambassadors are
encouraged to share information and
resources in a way that is unique to their
individual style, community needs, and
interests. Topics include COVID-19 safety,
youth substance use/abuse prevention, mental
health, reproductive health, immunizations,
and more! How will you make an impact?
Public Health Ambassadors and Parent Ambassador
Leaders (PALs) in action!
Find out how Public Health Ambassadors and
Parent Ambassador Leaders (PALs) are taking
action in their communities! Click below to
watch an interview (in Spanish) that took
place with Telemundo Channel 52, a
well-known Latin American news channel, and
our DPH Staff and Parent Ambassadors!
Calendar of Events
Check Out This Month’s Public Health Ambassador Training Series
December – Social Media Safety: How Social Media is Impacting Our Health
Become a Public Health Ambassador!
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Learn what it
means to become a Public Health Ambassador
today!
How many trainings do I
need to attend to become a Public Health
Ambassador?
As little as one training and you will always
be welcomed at upcoming trainings.
Do I receive anything
for being a Public Health
Ambassador?
All program participants receive a
certificate of participation (equivalent to
one hour of community or volunteer service)
for each training they participate in.
Public Health Ambassadors that tell our team
how the information and skills learned in
the program helped them create impact in
their community are also eligible to be
featured as the monthly Public Health
Ambassador Spotlight in our Public Health
Ambassador newsletter, Impact! Scroll to the
Impact! section to read previous issues.
How often do trainings
take place?
Trainings are provided each month. Depending
on the topic, two sets of trainings may be
available to better meet the needs of
audiences such as students. We want to make
sure you get the most from the program and
are conducting trainings as a two-part
series: one knowledge building training and
one skill building training. In the first
part you will learn how the topic impacts
your community, what you can do gain
information to support your health and that
of your community, and you ll learn about
local resources. In the second part you will
gain public health skills, learn how to use
DPH resources and opportunities that will
support your capacity to create meaningful
impact in your community!
Where do trainings take
place?
On Zoom
How long are trainings?
Trainings are one hour in length.
Where do I register?
Scroll to the
Calendar of Events section and click on
the button that says Register here with
the corresponding training date and time
that you d like to attend.
Parent Ambassador Leaders (PALs) Program
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Parents and guardians can help
keep school communities across
Los Angeles County thriving
through participation in the Los
Angeles County Department of
Public Health s Parent
Ambassador Leaders (PALs)
program.
PALs is a program where parents
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LEARN about student
health and school
success online. -
SHARE resources with
other parents and school
staff at their child s
local school. -
GET PAID for the
work they do at schools
with a $500 gift card!
For more information, please email
TK12Ambassador@ph.lacounty.gov
Impact! & Newsletter
Activate your knowledge into IMPACT!
We want to hear from you! How has becoming a
Public Health Ambassador (PHA) changed you?
PHAs have the chance to make meaningful
impressions in their communities, with their
new public health knowledge, skills and
resources.
Tell us how you created impact by completing
the following questions. Your submission may
be featured in the Ambassador Spotlight of
our monthly Public Health Ambassador
newsletter, titled Impact!
I Create Community Impact!
These are some ways that Public Health
Ambassadors have impacted their communities:
- Shared information about infectious
diseases at mobile vaccination sites - Volunteered at LACDPH health fairs
- Organized health and resource fairs for
their school community - Created and organized Mental Health
Awareness Week activities for their school
communities - Created pamphlets about infectious
diseases and shared with their
community/networks - Shared information with their classmates
about the benefits of Narcan to reverse the
effects of an opioid overdose
Check out the Public Health Ambassador
Spotlight for more inspiring stories!
Health Topics
Take a
look at
some of
our most
recent
training
topics:
- Social Media First Aid
- Emergency Preparedness
- Extreme Heat
Contact Us
Questions? Please email
DPH_HEA@ph.lacounty.gov
COVID-19 Resources for Parents & Guardians
Mental Health Resources
Addressing Teen Mental Health Challenges