Prevent, promote, and protect for optimal community health.
Building a Healthy Community…Together
Collaboration - Working with other facilities/ services in the community to promote optimal health
Communication – Promoting trust through mutual, honest and open dialogue
Prevention – Using knowledge to prevent disease/injury and make smart decisions to maintain optimal health
Respect – Appreciating the dignity, knowledge, and contributions of all persons
Teamwork - Working together to share purpose and a common goal
The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve optimal health for all, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and services that enable good health and seek to remove obstacles and systemic and structural barriers, such as poverty, racism, gender discrimination, and other forms of oppression, that have resulted in health inequities. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve good health and well-being.
Resources:
CDC - 10 Essential Public Health Services - Public Health Infrastructure Center
Foster County Public Health
881 Main St
Carrington, ND 58421
Phone: (701) 652-3087
Fax: (701) 652-3097
Office Hours
Monday - Friday:
8 AM - 12 PM & 1 PM to 4:30 PM
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Summer Hours: Closing at 1pm on Fridays from May 1 – September 10