Company Profile
Center for Health and Fitness
Company Overview
Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is a local primary prevention agency
dedicated to creating a social environment that supports healthy
behaviors across all stages of life. Primary prevention focuses on promoting
health and preventing disease. Our array of wellness programs and
centers are here to empower residents to make healthy lifestyle decisions.
BCHD also supports local health promotion and disease prevention
actions through our partnerships with city government, school districts,
local businesses, non-profit organizations and community groups. BCHD
has operated as a primary prevention agency for more than a decade.
We provide innovative and evidence-based prevention programs and
services to 123,000 residents in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and
Redondo Beach.
Company History
For more than 50 years, BCHD has served the health care needs of beach
cities residents. BCHD was created in 1955 when beach cities residents
passed a bond measure to establish a special health care district in the
South Bay. After four decades of operating South Bay Hospital, BCHD
determined that increased prevention programming was necessary to
reduce the impact of chronic diseases and changed its mandate from
meeting the acute care needs of a community to providing preventive
health care services.