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After Katrina :
Building a Better Public Health System for the Future |
10 Essential Services of Public Health
- 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 population-based health services
- Research
for new insights and innovative solutions to health
problems
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