About Public Health

Ten Essential Public Health Services

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems.

• Diagnose and investigate health problems and 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 efforts.

• Enforce laws and regulations that protect and ensure safety.

• Link people to needed personal health services and assure that the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.

• Assure a competent public health workforce.

• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population based health services.

• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.