Mission/Vision 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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