Parents, students and community ambassadors
Help keep your community healthy,
Join the movement of healthy communities!
Are you looking to direct your community to better health? Are you looking to increase your public health skills and build a CV that demonstrates your community leadership? Become a public health ambassador to the Los Angeles County Ministry of Public Health (Lacdph)! Public health ambassadors support their communities in the County of Los Angeles by sharing information and resources in public health with family, friends, schools and social networks. Ambassadors are encouraged to share information and resources in a unique way to their individual style, their community needs and their interests. Subjects include COVVI-19 safety, prevention of substances / abuse consumption, mental health, reproductive health, vaccinations, etc. How are you going to have an impact?
Register for the program updates!
Public Health Ambassadors and Parents Ambassador Manager (PALS) in action!
Find out how the Public Health Ambassadors and Parents Ambassador Manager (PALS) take action in their communities! Click below to watch an interview (in Spanish) which took place with Telemundo Channel 52, a well-known Latin American news channel and our DPH staff and our parents' ambassadors!
Event calendar
May 2005 Training series for public health ambassadors
Become a public health ambassador!
Find out what it means becoming a public health ambassador today!
How many training courses do I need to become public health ambassador?
As little as training and you will always be welcomed in future training.
Do I receive something to be a public health ambassador?
All participants in the program receive a certificate of participation (equivalent to one hour of community service or volunteer) for each training in which they participate. The public health ambassadors who tell our team how the information and skills acquired in the program helped them create an impact in their community are also eligible to be presented as the impact! Scroll until the impact! Section to read the previous problems.
How often do training take place?
Training is provided each month. Depending on the subject, two training sets may be available to better meet the needs of audiences such as students. We want to make sure you get the best party in the program and perform training as a two -part series: knowledge strengthening training and skills strengthening training. In the first part, you will learn how the subject has an impact on your community, which you can get information to support your health and that of your community, and you will discover local resources. In the second part, you will get public health skills, learn to use DPH resources and opportunities that will support your ability to create a significant impact in your community!
Where do the training take place?
On zoom
How long does the training last?
The training lasts an hour.
Where should I register?
Scroll towards the Event calendar Section and click on the button that indicates “register here” with the corresponding date and time of training to which you wish to attend.
Parenting Ambassadors' Program (PALS)
Parents and tutors can help keep school communities in the County of Los Angeles by prospering thanks to the program of the leaders of ambassadors (PALS) of the Public Health Department of the County of Los Angeles.
Pals is a program where parents …
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LEARN on students' health and online academic success. -
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Be paid For the work they do in schools with a gift card of $ 500!
Program details are described in the Parents program overview (English) (Spanish) And Overview of the Administration Program (English) (Spanish).
This program is offered to parents / tutors in English and Spanish.
** A maximum of 5 parents can be accepted by school site by semester **
Join us in an upcoming Information session To find out more about the PALS program!
Ready to apply?
Open applications: December 02, 2025 | Deadline deadline: March 02, 2025
PALS Spring 2025 semester application form
Due to a system problem, whoever applied for 03/12/2024 – 12/04/2024 And has not received a confirmation email from our team will have to apply. We apologize for the inconvenience caused and we are impatient to receive your request.
Debido has a problem del sistema, cualquier persona that Haya aplicado del 03/12/2024 AL 04/12/2024 y no haya redibido a correct electrónico de confirmación de nuestro equipo deberá volver an enviar suplicación. Pedimos disculpas pore the undenished y esperamos redibir su aplicación.
Impact! & Newsletter
Activate your knowledge in impact!
We want to hear from you! How to become a public health ambassador (Pha) changed you? PHAs have the possibility of making significant impressions in their communities, with their new knowledge, skills and resources in public health.
Tell us how you created the impact by filling out the following questions. Your submission can be presented in the projector of the ambassador of our monthly newsletter of the public health ambassador, entitled Impact!
These are means that public health ambassadors have had an impact on their communities:
- Shared information on infectious diseases on mobile vaccination sites
- Volunteer in Lacdph health fairs
- Organized health and resources fairs for their school community
- Activities of the mental health awareness week created and organized for their school communities
- Talked about their experience as an ambassador of public health during community events and in the impact of the public health ambassador! Bulletin
- Created brochures on infectious diseases and shared with their community / networks
- Information shared with their classmates on the advantages of Narcan to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose
Discover the spotlights of the Public Health Ambassador for more inspiring stories!
Health subjects
The subjects of training for public health ambassadors are selected according to the identified health problems having an impact on college and high school students in the County of Los Angeles. Take a look at some of our most recent training subjects:
- Facing mourning, exhaustion and stress
- New health of you: set health objectives in the new year
- Stay healthy during the holidays
- Response from trauma to armed violence and school fire
- Prevention of violence with adolescents
Expert lead training
Our training partners are experts in their fields and bring you the latest news, information and resources!
Contact us
Questions? Please send an email Tk12ambassador@ph.lacounty.gov or email of community ambassador Communityamambassador@ph.lacounty.gov.
COVVI-19 resources for parents and tutors
Mental health resources
Meet the mental health challenges of adolescents
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