Our partners at the North Dakota Department of Health have launched KNOWTIFY, a new site that provides the health information you need to know from experts and sources you can trust. This week they are celebrating National Public Health week and the role public health plays in promoting healthy lifestyles for the people in North Dakota.
Here’s a quick excerpt, and we’ve provided a link to the full article below:
Public health professionals work to protect and promote healthy lifestyles of people and communities by conducting research to track the spread of infectious diseases and educating the public on how to stay healthy – avoiding injury and illness. We turn to public health for many services, and the local public health providers have gone above and beyond to fight for the health of communities through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below are 5 of the 10 essential public health services (outlined by the CDC) that support individual and community health.
- Monitoring health status to identify and solve community health problems
- Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community
- Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
- Mobilizing community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems
- Developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
To learn about additional essential services public health provides and to read the rest of the article, visit KNOWTIFY.
https://knowtifynd.com/recognizing-the-importance-of-public-health-in-our-communities/
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