Our vision is healthy people in healthy communities.
Our mission is to prevent disease, promote health, and protect life. We achieve this by:
- assessing and responding to public health needs;
- educating and empowering people about health issues;
- mobilizing community partnerships;
- assuring effective programming and practices; and
- linking people to health services.
Our core values are:
- Collaboration
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Professionalism
Communicable Disease
What is a Communicable Disease?
Chronic Disease
What is a Chronic Disease
Community Health Assessment & Planning
What Does the Data Explain?
Family Health
How Can Family Health Help Me?
Emergency Preparedness & Response
How do we prepare?
Environmental Health
Environmental Services
Overarching strategies to improve population health include:
✅ Using data to assess needs and evidenced-based programming to target interventions;
✅ Leading or participating in collaborative community-level interventions;
✅ Supporting policy, system and environmental level activities;
✅ Engaging in education, outreach & public health marketing & communication activities;
✅ Conducting ongoing surveillance, reporting & investigation activities; and
✅ Connecting with medical providers, laboratories and other partners in health to assure early detection and treatment of health issues.
Laws and Regulations that govern Public Health Unit activities:
Permits, Licenses & Certificates (NYSDOH)
New York State Codes, Rules and Regulations Click Title 10
New York State Public Health Laws Click Laws, click Laws of New York, & under Consolidated Laws scroll down to and select PBH