Harnett County,
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The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a working definition of public health and a guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems.

All public or community health responsibilities (whether conducted by the local public health department or another organization within the community) can be categorized into one of the services.

Public Health Priorities

  1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
  2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
  3. Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
  4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
  5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
  6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
  7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
  8. Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce.
  9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
  10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

 For more information click here to view the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web site. 

 

 
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