About
Our Mission
Prevent, promote, and protect for optimal community health.
Our Vision
Building a Healthy Community… Together
Core Values
Collaboration — Working with other facilities and 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.
10 Essential Public Health Services
The 10 Essential Public Health Services
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 equity, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and overall community conditions that enable optimal health for all and seek to remove systemic and structural barriers that have resulted in health inequities. Such barriers include poverty, racism, gender discrimination, ableism, and other forms of oppression. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve optimal health and well-being.
At the center of all 10 services is Equity. The services are organized across three domains:
Assessment
- Assess and monitor population health
- Investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
Policy Development
- Communicate effectively to inform and educate
- Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships
- Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws
- Utilize legal and regulatory actions
Assurance
- Enable equitable access
- Build a diverse and skilled workforce
- Improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
- Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health