Welcome
To Palm Beach County Health Department.
Our mission, here at the Palm Beach
County Health Department, is to
promote and protect a healthy
community and environment by
assuring that you receive essential
public health services.
In providing these services our
focus is on prevention. We are the
Champions for the Healthiest
Community in the Nation.
Some of the essential services
provided are:
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Monitor and identify community
health problems
Diagnose and investigate health
problems
and hazards to the community
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Inform, educate, and empower
people about health issues
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Mobilize community partnerships
to identify and solve health
problems
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Develop policies and plans that
support individual and community
health efforts
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Enforce laws and regulations
that protect health and ensure
safety
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Link people to needed personal
health services and assure the
provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
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Assure a competent public health
and personal health workforce
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Evaluate effectiveness,
accessibility and quality of
personal and population based
health services
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Research of new insights and
innovative solutions to health
problems.
Together we have made Palm Beach
County a national and international
leader in Public Health. We look
forward to continuing these and
other services to you and the
community.
Jean Marie Malecki, M.D., M.P.H.,
F.A.C.P.M
Director.
