The health department promotes a healthy community and protects residents from health risks; prevents disease, disability, injury and premature deaths; defines health priorities determined through community health assessments; monitors the health status of the community; and develops health policy that supports and encourages improved health status.
Our mission is to assure that conditions within the health district allow its residents to lead healthy lives through:
- Promoting a healthy community and protecting residents from health risks;
- Preventing disease, disability, injury, and premature deaths;
- Defining health priorities determined through community health assessments;
- Monitoring the health status of the community;
- Developing health policy that supports and encourages improved health status.
