Mission: To protect and promote the health of all residents and visitors in Volusia County.
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The 10 Essential Public Health Services
Page last updated: 01/28/10
The 10 Essential Public Health Services
- Monitor the 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 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.
Source: Public Health Functions Project:
http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/public.htm
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