Public Health Goals

• Prevent epidemics and the spread of disease
• Protect against environmental hazards
• Prevent injuries
• Promote and encourage healthy behaviors
• Respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery
• Assure the quality and accessibility of health services

Essential Public Health Services

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems and community resources
• 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 health 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

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