Ten
Essential Services of Public Health
The
Centers for Disease Control and representatives of various public
health organizations have identified 10 essential services that
should be provided in all communities.
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 and action 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 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
For additional information, see “The essential public health
services,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/
nphpsp/EssentialPHServices.htm. Diagram from CDC.
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