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Preventive Health Care for Adults (PHCA)

Preventative Health Care for Adults (PHCA)

Our Mission: 
To enhance and protect the health of Californians 50 years and older by promoting healthy life styles, increasing access to health services, and improving quality of life.

How to maintain as well as enhance the health of California's older population has become a central issue of health policy. The State of California developed a program of preventive health care for California's older adult population.  Established by AB 1607 in 1973, the program began in three counties in 1975 and today services are being provided through eleven programs in contracted county health departments.

The PHCA Program, headed by Mariann Cosby, MPA, MSN, RN, PHN, provides public health nursing services that include (1) comprehensive health appraisals, (2) individual health counseling, (3) referral and follow-up of suspected health problems to other health professionals, (4) group and community education, and (5) community advocacy activities.

The goals of PHCA are to:

• Promote healthy life styles among adults 50 and above
• Increase access to health services
• Improve quality of life

Program Activities include:

• Outreach targeted to high risk and under-served senior population
• Individual Assessment Services:
  •   Health Education and Counseling
  •   Referrals and Linkages to Medical and Community Services
• Community Health Education
• Collaboration with Medical Providers, Academic Centers, Managed Care Health Plans,
  Senior Community Programs, and Epidemiologists
• Applied Research to Develop New Models of Preventive Care
• Quality Improvement Program
• Professional Education, Training, and Technical Assistance

Target Population:

• Community-dwelling non-frail older adults, age 50 and above, who can make and act on their own health care decisions are the clients/populations served.

PHCA Staff

California Department of Public Health
Preventive Health Care for Adults
PO Box 997377, MS 7210
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Fax:  (916) 552-9996 (Sacramento)

Mariann Cosby, MPA, MSN, RN, PHN
Chief, PHCA
916-552-9892   ◊   mcosby@cdph.ca.gov

Cheryl Loehr, MPH
Data Analyst
916-552-9977   ◊   cloehr@cdph.ca.gov

Esther Jones
Project Assistant III
916-552-9952   ◊   ejones@cdph.ca.gov

Kathony Jerauld, R.D., MPH
Chief, Center for Gerontology
916-552-9944   ◊   kjerauld@cdph.ca.gov

Kit Lackey
Fiscal Manager, Ca. DPH
916-552-9936   ◊   mlackey@cdph.ca.gov

PHCA Websites

University of California San Francisco
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/phca.htm

California Department of Public Health
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/healthinfo/healthyliving/healthassess/Pages/Adult%20Health%20Screenings.aspx

Postal/Mailing Address
US Postal Service

Preventive Health Care for Adults
California Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 997377, MS 7210    (New P.O. Box effective July 1, 2007)
Sacramento, CA  95899-7377

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Preventive Health Care for Adults
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Avenue, Suite 74.420    (New Suite #)
Sacramento, CA 95814

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More information, contact:  mariechristine.yue@ucsf.edu
This page is:  http://sbs.ucsf.edu/iha/phca.htm
Last revised:  Apr. 2008
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