Examples of the 10 Examples of the 10 Essential Services in ActionEssential Services in Action

Monitor health status to Monitor health status to identifyidentify community community

health problemshealth problems Examples: Death Certificates, Examples: Death Certificates,

Birth Certificates, Birth Certificates, Immunizations Registries, Immunizations Registries, Surveillance Surveillance

Diagnose and investigate Diagnose and investigate health problems and health problems and health hazards in the health hazards in the

communitycommunity

Examples: Outbreak Examples: Outbreak Investigations, Child Death Investigations, Child Death Review BoardsReview Boards

Inform, educate, and Inform, educate, and empower people about empower people about

health issueshealth issues Example: Lead Paint displays in Example: Lead Paint displays in

hardware stores, News Releases hardware stores, News Releases on Rabies and West Nile Viruson Rabies and West Nile Virus

Mobilize community Mobilize community partnerships to identify partnerships to identify

and solve health and solve health problemsproblems

Example: ACHD Tobacco Example: ACHD Tobacco Stakeholders Group, Advisory Stakeholders Group, Advisory Boards, Collaborative ActivitiesBoards, Collaborative Activities

Develop policies and Develop policies and plans that support plans that support

individual and community individual and community health effortshealth efforts

Example: Smoking Bans, Example: Smoking Bans, Helmet Laws, Restaurant Helmet Laws, Restaurant Inspection LawsInspection Laws

Enforce laws and Enforce laws and regulations that protect regulations that protect

health and ensure safetyhealth and ensure safety

Example: Food Inspection Example: Food Inspection Certificates, Enforcement of Certificates, Enforcement of Smoking RegulationsSmoking Regulations

Link people to needed Link people to needed personal health services personal health services and assure the provision and assure the provision

of health care when of health care when otherwise unavailableotherwise unavailable

Example: Children’s Health Example: Children’s Health Insurance Programs, Federally Insurance Programs, Federally Qualified Centers. Qualified Centers.

Assure a competent Assure a competent public health and public health and

personal health care personal health care workforce.workforce.

Example: Conferences, Training Example: Conferences, Training programs, journals, School of programs, journals, School of Public Health, Satellite Public Health, Satellite Programs, CertificationsPrograms, Certifications

Evaluate effectiveness, Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality accessibility, and quality

of personal and of personal and population-based health population-based health

servicesservices Example: Outcome evaluation Example: Outcome evaluation

and Economic Analysesand Economic Analyses

Research for new insights Research for new insights and innovative solutions and innovative solutions

to health problemsto health problems

Example: Needle Exchange Example: Needle Exchange ProgramsPrograms

Example: Heart DiseaseExample: Heart Disease

Monitor health status to Monitor health status to identify community health identify community health problemsproblems

Diagnose and investigate Diagnose and investigate health problems and health health problems and health hazards in the community hazards in the community

Inform, educate, and Inform, educate, and empower people about empower people about health issueshealth issues

Mobilize community Mobilize community partnerships to identify and partnerships to identify and solve health problemssolve health problems

Develop policies and plans Develop policies and plans that support individual and that support individual and community health effortscommunity health efforts

Assure a competent public Assure a competent public health and personal health health and personal health care workforcecare workforce

Enforce laws and regulations Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure that protect health and ensure safetysafety

Link people to needed Link people to needed personal health services and personal health services and assure the provision of health assure the provision of health care when otherwise care when otherwise unavailableunavailable

Evaluate effectiveness, Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based personal and population-based health serviceshealth services

Research for new insights and Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health innovative solutions to health problemsproblems

Exercise: Think about a current public health problem faced by you or your institution. Take that public health problem or issue and think about how the 10 essential services of public health can solve that problem.