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Informing the public about health problems in the community and how to stay safe. An exam room at a local community public health department in the United States. Local health departments play a central role in providing essential public health services in communities that fall into the following ten categories: [citation needed]
The 1963 Clean Air Act gave the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the authority to take abatement action against industries if it could be demonstrated that they were polluting across state lines, or if a governor requested. Some of these actions involved the Ohio River Valley, New York, and New Jersey.
The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. [3] In recognition of public health's commitment to provide a fair and just opportunity for everyone to achieve optimal health and well-being, the framework now contains an equity statement, centers equity in the graphic, and incorporates ...
Maine Department of Health and Human Services; Maryland Department of Health; Massachusetts Department of Mental Health; Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Michigan Department of Health and Human Services; Minnesota Department of Health; Mississippi Department of Mental Health; Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Once the health department had an adequate supply of vaccines, it was time to take the shots to the public, she said, and "not always rely on people being able to get to vaccination sites." That's ...
The community health center (CHC) in the United States is the dominant model for providing integrated primary care and public health services for the low-income and uninsured, and represents one use of federal grant funding as part of the country's health care safety net. The health care safety net can be defined as a group of health centers ...
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "City and county health departments in the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
This list of national public health agencies includes national level organizations responsible for public health, infectious disease control, and epidemiology. Many are represented in the International Association of National Public Health Institutes and discussed at national public health institutes.