Examples of the 10 Essential Services in Action

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Examples of the 10 Essential Services in Action
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Monitor health status to identify community
health problems

• Examples Death Certificates, Birth
  Certificates, Immunizations Registries,
  Surveillance

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Diagnose and investigate health problems and
health hazards in the community

• Examples Outbreak Investigations, Child Death
  Review Boards

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Inform, educate, and empower people about health
issues

• Example Lead Paint displays in hardware stores,
  News Releases on Rabies and West Nile Virus

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Mobilize community partnerships to identify and
solve health problems

• Example ACHD Tobacco Stakeholders Group,
  Advisory Boards, Collaborative Activities

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Develop policies and plans that support
individual and community health efforts

• Example Smoking Bans, Helmet Laws, Restaurant
  Inspection Laws

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Enforce laws and regulations that protect health
and ensure safety

• Example Food Inspection Certificates,
  Enforcement of Smoking Regulations

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

• Example Childrens Health Insurance Programs,
  Federally Qualified Centers.

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Assure a competent public health and personal
health care workforce.

• Example Conferences, Training programs,
  journals, School of Public Health, Satellite
  Programs, Certifications

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

• Example Outcome evaluation and Economic Analyses

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Research for new insights and innovative
solutions to health problems

• Example Needle Exchange Programs

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Example Heart Disease

• Monitor health status to identify community
  health problems
• Diagnose and investigate health problems and
  health hazards in the community

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• Inform, educate, and empower people about health
  issues
• Mobilize community partnerships to identify and
  solve health problems

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• Develop policies and plans that support
  individual and community health efforts
• Assure a competent public health and personal
  health care workforce

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• Enforce laws and regulations that protect health
  and ensure safety
• Link people to needed personal health services
  and assure the provision of health care when
  otherwise unavailable

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• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and
  quality of personal and population-based health
  services
• Research for new insights and innovative
  solutions to health problems

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• Exercise Think about a current public health
  problem faced by you or your institution. Take
  that public health problem or issue and think
  about how the 10 essential services of public
  health can solve that problem.