AB - Assembly Bill
AB 1331 - Assembly Bill 1331 - California health data
legislation
AB 1726 - Assembly Bill 1726 - Data Collection
(2015-2016)
AB 2416 - Assembly Bill 2416 - California LGBTQ+
demographic reporting
ACE - Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACIP - Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices
ACS - American Community Survey
ACS - American Cancer Society
ACS-CAN - American Cancer Society-Cancer
Action Network
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AI/AN - American Indian/Alaska Native
ALM - Acral lentiginous melanoma
AONN+ - Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient
Navigators
ASCO - American Society of Clinical Oncology
AYA - Adolescent and Young Adult
BCCTP - Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
Program
BIPOC - Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
BMI - Body Mass Index
BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System
CAB - Community Advisory Board
CAIR - California Immunization Registry
CalEPA - California Environmental Protection
Agency
CalHHS - California Health and Human Services
Agency
CARB - California Air Resources Board
CATS - California Adult Tobacco Survey
CBO - Community-Based Organizations
CBP - California Biobank Program
CCR - California Cancer Registry
CDE - California Department of Education
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
CDPH - California Department of Public Health
CEO - chief executive officer
ChemSTEER - Chemical Steering Tool for
Exposures and Environmental Releases
CHIS - California Health Information Survey
CHW - Community Health Worker
CLAS Standards - Culturally and Linguistically
Appropriate Services
CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
COG - Children’s Oncology Group
CYTS - California Youth Tobacco Survey
DHCS - Department Health Care Services
DPR - Department of Pesticide Regulation
EDCs - Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
EHR - Electronic Health Record
EMR - Electronic Medical Record
EWG - Environmental Working Group
CDPH - California Department of Public Health
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FQHC - Federally-Qualified Health Center
HCAI - California Department of Health Care
Access and Information
HIS - Health Information System
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HPI - Healthy Places Index
HPV - Human Papillomavirus
IEP - Individualized Education Program
KIC - Kick It California
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design
LEP - Limited English Proficiency
LGBTQ+ - Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
Queer and more
LHD - Local Health Department
LVN - Licensed Vocational Nurse
MA - Medical Assistant
MediCal - California state version of Medicaid
MEPS - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MEPS - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
NCCN - National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NPCR - National Program of Cancer Registries
NUPA - Nutrition and physical activity
OEHHA - Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment
OT - Occupational Therapy
PCP - Primary Care Provider
PDSA - Plan-Do-Study-Act
PFAS - Per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances
PIN - Principal Illness Navigation
PN - Patient Navigation
PSE - Policy, Systems and Environment
PT - Physical Therapy
RN - Registered Nurse
SAP - Survivorship Action Plan
SB 1016 - Senate Bill 1016 – Latino and
Indigenous Disparities Reduction Act (2023-2024)
SCNS- SF34 - Supportive Care Needs Survey-
Short Form
SDOH - Social Determinants of Health
SDOH - Social Drivers of Health
SEER - Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results Program
SHS - Secondhand Smoke
SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
SOGI+ - Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and
more
SPF - Sun Protection Factor
SUD - Substance Use Disorder
SWRCB - California State Water Resources
Control Board
THS - Thirdhand Smoke
TPW - Tobacco Product Waste
TUS - Tobacco Use Screening
US-EPA - United States Environmental
Protection Agency
UV - Ultraviolet
VFC - Vaccines for Children
VOCs - Volatile Organic Compounds
YVAPE - Youth Vaping Alternative Program
Education