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Core Function

Essential Service

Description

Practice Example

Assessment:

Collecting and analyzing information about health problems.

Essential Service #1

Monitor health status to identify community health problems.

Essential Service #2

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

Core Function

Essential Service

Description

Example

Policy Development:

Broad-based consultations with stakeholders to weigh available information, decide which interventions are most appropriate, and ensure that the public interest is served by measures that are adopted.

Essential Service #3

Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.

Essential Service #4

Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Essential Service #5

Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.

Core Function

Essential Service

Description

Example

Assurance:

Promoting and protecting public interests through programs, events, campaigns, regulations, and other strategies, and making sure that necessary services are provided to reach agreed-upon goals.

Essential Service #6

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.

Essential Service #7

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

Essential Service #8

Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.

Essential Service #9

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

Essential Service #10

Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.