Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
Examples: Conducting an community assessment; determining health service needs; identifying threats to health; identifying community assets and resources
 

Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Examples: Providing access to public health laps; maintaining active infections disease epidemiology programs; maintaining technical capacity for responding to epidemiologic investigations and outbreaks
 

Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
Examples: Participating in community development efforts; participating in health education efforts with schools, churches or worksites; providing accessible health information to clients and others in the community
 

Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Examples: Building coalitions to draw upon the resources of the full community; undertaking defined health improvement planning efforts and projects
 

Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Examples: Developing and tracking measurable objectives; fostering leadership development at all levels; developing policies and legislation to guide practice of public health
 

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
Examples: Enforcing sanitation codes; protecting drinking water supplies; providing animal control services; monitoring quality of care
 

Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services.
Examples: Assessing effectiveness of programs; providing information for allocating resources and reshaping programs 
 

Research for new insights and solutions to health problems.
Examples: Link with institutions of higher learning; ensure staff training for participation in responding to outbreaks and in conducting research
 

Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care with otherwise unavailable.
Examples: assessing the effectiveness of programs; providing culturally-appropriate communication and materials; providing outreach and education for special populations
  

Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
Examples: providing education, training, assessment of staff; establishing efficient procedures for licensure; creating partnerships with professional training programs