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The U.S. Public Health Service and a
number of partner organizations developed this statement.
Vision:
Healthy People in Healthy Communities
Mission:
Promote Physical and Mental health and Prevent Disease, Injury, and
Disability.
Public Health
- Prevents epidemics and the spread of
disease
- Protects against environmental hazards
- Prevents injuries
- Promotes and encourages healthy
behaviors
- Responds to disasters and assists
communities in recovery
- Assures the quality and accessibility
of healthy services
Essential Public Health
Services
- Monitor 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 health and
personal health care workforce
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility,
and quality of personal and populations based health services
- Research for new insights and innovative
solutions to health problems
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