This page and graphic show how the ten essential environmental health services align with the three core functions of public health (assessment, policy development, and assurance).
Assessment
Monitor environmental and health status to identify and solve community environmental health problems
Diagnose and investigate environmental health problems and health hazards in the community
Policy Development
Inform, educate, and empower people about environmental health issues
Mobilize community partnerships and actions to identify and solve environmental health problems
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community environmental health efforts
Assurance
Enforce laws and regulations that protect environmental health and ensure safety
Link people to needed environmental health services and assure the provision of environmental health services when otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent environmental health workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based environmental health services
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to environmental health problems
Page last reviewed: May 25, 2011 (archived document)
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