Use the following 10 Essential Public Health
Services as a guide for navigating the results of Lake County's
assessment.
1. Monitor health status to identify community
health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and
healthhazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about
health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify
and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual
and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect
health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services
and assure the provision of health- care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure a competent public health and personal
healthcare workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and
quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative
What
is MAPP? Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships
is a community-wide strategic planning tool for improving community
health. Facilitated by public health leadership, this tool helps
communities prioritize public health issues and identify resources
for addressing them.