Question

What is the main purpose (s) of the local governmental public health system?

Answer 1

Ans) Purpose of local governmental public health system:

- to ensure the health needs of disadvantaged areas and vulnerable groups are addressed, as well as giving consideration to equality issues.

-The goal should be to improve the health of all people, but to improve the health of the poorest, fastest.

Local health departments play a central role in providing essential public health services in communities that fall into the following ten categories:

- Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
- Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
- Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of healthcare when otherwise unavailable.
- Assure competent public and personal healthcare workforce.
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.