WHEREAS, the Health Commission has previously endorsed the activities of the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors Health, Family and Environment Committee has held hearings on health problems in Bayview Hunters Point as a result of information provided by the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force; and,
WHEREAS, the hearings indicated a very troubling profile of health problems in the Bayview Hunters Point community; and,
WHEREAS, elevated rates of asthma and increased mortality from breast cancer and elevated rates of cervical cancer among women were among the health problems identified; and,
WHEREAS, other health problems including prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes and homicide were identified and will be the focus of subsequent activities; and,
WHEREAS, broad coalitions have emerged to reduce the rates and problems associated with asthma and breast and cervical cancer; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors Health, Family and Environment Committee has encouraged the Department of Public Health and the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force to return with specific proposals to address asthma and breast and cervical cancer; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Health Commission of the City and County of San Francisco does hereby endorse the development of proposals to address asthma and breast and cervical cancer in Bayview Hunters Point; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Health Commission of the City and County of San Francisco encourages the Department of Public Health and the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force to complete a work plan which encompasses the full range of health problems and environmental risks as the basis for a more comprehensive response to improving health in the Bayview Hunters Point community.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Health Commission at its meeting of Tuesday, January 20, 1998.
Sandy Ouye Mori, Executive Secretary to the Health Commission