Essential Public Health Services

Question 1

What were the initial 3 core functions of public health?

Answer 1

1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance

Question 2

Vision of the Public Health in America statement?

Answer 2

Healthy People in Healthy Communities

Question 3

Mission of the Public Health in America statement?

Answer 3

1. Promote Physical and Mental Health
   and
2. Prevent Disease, Injury, and Disability

Question 4

Purpose of public health?

Answer 4

1. Preventing epidemics and the spread of disease
2. Protecting against environmental hazards
3. Preventing injuries
4. Promoting and encouraging healthy behaviors
5. Responding to disasters and assists communities in recovery
6. Assuring the quality and accessibility of health services

Question 5

What are the 10 essential services of public health?

Answer 5

1. Monitor health status
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships
5. Develop policies and plans
6. Enforce laws and regulations
7. Link people to needed services / assure care
8. Assure a competent workforce
9. Evaluate health services
10. Research

Question 6

What are the 10 essential services of public health?

Answer 6

1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards 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 and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

Question 7

Link the core functions of public health to the 10 essential services of public health?

Answer 7

1. Assessment
   - monitor health
   - diagnose and investigate
2. Policy development
   - inform, educate, empower
   - mobilize community partnerships
   - develop policies
3. Assurance
   - enforce laws
   - link to/provide care
   - assure competent workforce
   - evaluate