The Public Health Branch protects and promotes the health status of Tulare County residents through the development and implementation of public health and primary care programs that use best-practice interventions.
The Public Health Branch comprises the following four divisions:
- Health Services
- Public Health
- Environmental Health
- Health Administration
Our leadership team:
- Director of Public Health, Karen Elliott
- County Health Officer, Dr. Asma Tariq
- Deputy Public Health Officer, Thomas Overton, M.D.
- Deputy Director Public Health & Environmental Health Director, Nilsa Gonzalez
- Deputy Director of Health Operations, Staci Chastain
The Public Health Branch provides services to residents of Tulare County, including Medi-Cal beneficiaries and indigent clients. Services are provided with the intention of protecting health, preventing disease, and promoting the health and well-being of all persons in Tulare County.
Public Health Services include:
- Health assessments and case management
- Primary, specialty, and preventive health care
- Public Health laboratory services
- Criminal Justice health services
- Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Program
- Prenatal and perinatal wellness
- Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Program (NEOP)
- Immunizations
- Chronic disease prevention and self-management
- California Children’s Services (CCS)
- Lead Poisoning Prevention
- Infectious disease control
- Emergency response planning and preparedness
- Regulation of production and shipping of milk for Tulare and Kings Counties
- Environmental health services
- Environmental water quality testing
Contact & Location
Monday – Thursday
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Telephone: (559) 624-8480
Fax: (559) 687-6934
Communicable Disease Information & Prevention
