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The
North Central District Health Department is a full-time public
health department serving the counties of Antelope, Boyd, Brown,
Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Pierce, and Rock in the state of
Nebraska, United States of America. The department is governed
by a board of directors, with representatives from the nine counties.
Mission:
To transform and strengthen our capacity to protect and
improve the public’s health by merging professional expertise
along with engaging community wisdom and participation.
Vision:
To protect, promote and educate for the health of our community
with the responsibility of collaborative planning, community engagement,
and advocacy
The
Core Functions of the Public Health System are
the foundation of public health, and they are closely linked with
one another in a continuous cycle. The functions include:
Assessment
ASSESS
the health needs of the community. To
systematically collect, assemble, and make available information
on the public health status of the community, in cooperation
with others, including statistics on health status, community
health needs, environmental health, epidemiologic, and other
studies of health problems.
INVESTIGATE the occurrence
of health effects and health hazards in the community. To systematically
develop in collaboration with others in the community, more
detailed information on the magnitude of a health problem, duration,
trends, location, population at risk, and how best to proceed
to prevent or control the problem.
ANALYZE the determinants of
identified health needs. This is the process of examining etiologic,
risk, and contributing factors that precede and contribute to
specific health problems or reduced health status in the community.
Identifying these factors helps in working with the community
in planning intervention efforts for prevention or control.
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