Monitor health status to identify community health problems.

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

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.

Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.

Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when it is otherwise unavailable.

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

Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.

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

Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.