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The Health Department in Rensselaer County is made up of a dedicated staff of health professionals who have as their mission the promotion of health and prevention of disease, injury and disability.
The role of public health is to:
- Prevent epidemics and the spread of disease
- Protect against environmental hazards
- Prevent injury
- Promote and encourage healthy behaviors
- Respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery
- Assure the quality and accessibility of health services
This is accomplished through the 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 population-based health services.
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to healthy problems.
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