1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems

• Data Collection and Analysis

• Health status data

• Disease surveillance

• Analyze trends, patterns, and cycles of disease

2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community

• Investigate and control diseases and injury

• Communicable disease

• Immunizations

• Sexually transmitted diseases

• Foodborne disease outbreaks

• Environmental problems

• Disease detection and monitoring

3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues

• Public information and education

• Health education

• Culturally-sensitive health materials

• Community development

• Technical assistance

4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems

• Leader in coordinating partnerships

• Coalition building

• Volunteerism

5. Develop policies and rules that support individual and community health efforts

• Leadership, Policy Development, and Administration

• Advocacy

• Political action

• Setting health priorities

6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and the environment, and ensure safety

• Inspections

• Restaurants and food operations

• Solid waste and sanitary facilities

• Clean air, land, and water

7. Link people to needed medical and mental health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable

• Targeted Outreach and Linkages

• Elimination of cultural barriers

• Language-specific services

• Case management

• Elimination of missed opportunities

8. Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce

• Licensure and standards

• Quality assurance

• Training

• Certifications

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

• Assessment

• Surveys

• Statistical information

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

• Research and innovation for the future

• Outcome-oriented research

• "Forward-thinking" initiatives

• Opportunities for project duplication

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Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4813

Phone 402.441.0509

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