Role of federal health agencies - ranges from making changes in existing regulations to the provision of funds to encouraging use of Health information technology by small health care providers. The roles of these agencies have included developing the research base that provides education; testing educational approaches; helping schools develop infrastructure; supporting faculty development; and providing funding for students. State public health agencies roles Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues Mobilize community partnerships 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 health care when otherwise unavailable Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services Local public health agencies provide the following core services: adult and childhood immunizations; communicable disease control; community outreach and education; epidemiology and surveillance; environmental health regulation such as food safety services and restaurant inspections; and tuberculosis testing. Many LHDs are shifting from “personal health care” services to “population-based” services. In the aftermath of bioterrorism, health departments have greatly increased disease surveillance activities and are now at the center of many of the federal, state, and local emergency planning activities. Solution Role of federal health agencies - ranges from making changes in existing regulations to the provision of funds to encouraging use of Health information technology by small health care providers. The roles of these agencies have included developing the research base that provides education; testing educational approaches; helping schools develop infrastructure; supporting faculty development; and providing funding for students. State public health agencies roles Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues Mobilize community partnerships 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 health care when otherwise unavailable Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services Local public health agencies provide the following core services: adult and childhood immunizations; communicable disease control; community outreach and education; epidemiology and surveillance; environmental health regulation such as food safety services and restaurant inspections; and tuberculosis testing. Many LHDs are shifting fr.

1. Role of federal health agencies - ranges from making changes in existing regulations to the
provision of funds to encouraging use of Health information technology by small health care
providers. The roles of these agencies have included developing the research base that provides
education; testing educational approaches; helping schools develop infrastructure; supporting
faculty development; and providing funding for students.
State public health agencies roles
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships 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 health care when
otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
Local public health agencies provide the following core services: adult and childhood
immunizations; communicable disease control; community outreach and education;
epidemiology and surveillance; environmental health regulation such as food safety services and
restaurant inspections; and tuberculosis testing. Many LHDs are shifting from “personal health
care” services to “population-based” services. In the aftermath of bioterrorism, health
departments have greatly increased disease surveillance activities and are now at the center of
many of the federal, state, and local emergency planning activities.
Solution
Role of federal health agencies - ranges from making changes in existing regulations to the
provision of funds to encouraging use of Health information technology by small health care
providers. The roles of these agencies have included developing the research base that provides
education; testing educational approaches; helping schools develop infrastructure; supporting
faculty development; and providing funding for students.
State public health agencies roles
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships 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

2. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
Local public health agencies provide the following core services: adult and childhood
immunizations; communicable disease control; community outreach and education;
epidemiology and surveillance; environmental health regulation such as food safety services and
restaurant inspections; and tuberculosis testing. Many LHDs are shifting from “personal health
care” services to “population-based” services. In the aftermath of bioterrorism, health
departments have greatly increased disease surveillance activities and are now at the center of
many of the federal, state, and local emergency planning activities.