Three Rivers District Health Department

Mission Statement

Established 2002

Our mission is to facilitate personal responsibility while promoting health and preventing disease among the residents of Dodge, Saunders and Washington Counties.

Three Core Functions:

Assessment of community health status
Health policy development to support effective programs
Assurance of high quality, effective education and service

Ten Essential Public Health Services:

Monitor health status to identify community health problems
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent public health workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problem