Public Health Department

Public Health is the art and science of protecting and improving the health of the community through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention, and assuring conditions in which people can be healthy. Public health carries out its mission through organized, interdisciplinary efforts that address the multiple determinants of health -actions aimed at eradicating, eliminating or minimizing the impact of disease and disability.

Functions

• Public Health Nursing/Preventive Medicine Service
• Occupational Medicine
• Radiation Safety
• Environmental Health
• Industrial Hygiene