"Promoting and Protecting the Health of 
Oneida County"

The Ten Essential Public Health Functions

I. Monitor health status to identify community problems.

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

III. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.

IV. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.

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

VI. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.

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

VIII. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce.

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

X. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

Nicholas A. DeRosa
Director of Health

Oneida County Department of Health
Adirondack Bank Building
5th Floor
185 Genesee Street
Utica, New York  13501
(315) 798-6400
Email:  publichealth@ocgov.net

© 2003 Oneida County, New York, USA