Our mission is to prevent disease, promote healthy lifestyles and protect the health of the people we serve.
The ESSENTIAL Public Health Services we provide are:
- Monitor Community Health Status to Identify Community Health Problems
- Diagnose and Investigate Health Problems and Health Hazards in the Community
- Inform, Educate, and Empower People about Health Issues
- Mobilize Community Partnerships to Identify and Solve Health Problems
- Develop Policies and Plans that support Individual and Community Health Efforts
- Enforce Laws and Regulations that Protect Health and Ensure Safety
- Link People to Needed Personal Health Services and Assure the Provision of Health Care When Otherwise Unavailable
- Assure a Competent Public and Personal Health Care Workforce
- Evaluate Effectiveness, Accessibility, and Quality of Personal and Population-based Health Services
- Research for New Insights and Innovative Solutions to Health Problems