Discussion Board

To complete this discussion, you will be exploring your community’s public health system via the internet.

Review the CDC’s list of the “10 Essential Public Health Services”, describing the public health activities/services that all communities should strive to provide.

https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/publichealthservices/essentialhealthservices.html (Links to an external site.)

Correlate an action for each Essential Service that the Public Health System in your area uses or might use to maintain the health and well-being of the community.

To help get you started, I have included an example for the first Essential Service of Public Health.

Monitor health status to identify community health problems.

The Cumberland County Department of Public Health along and Cape Fear Valley Health Systems conducts a Community Health Assessment (CHA) every three years to describe the health status and needs of the community. Data is collected through surveys and statistical data. (Cumberland County Department of Public Health, 2012). These assessments are essential in order to identify real community health problems.

I hope this helps.

PS- Don’t forget the references and in-text citations in both your initial post and 2 responses to colleagues.