Mission

Mission, Vision, and Values
Utah County Health Department

Our Mission
Promote health, and prevent avoidable disease and injury
by monitoring the health of our community, and
assuring conditions in which people can be healthy

Our Vision
Healthy People in Healthy Communities

Our Values

Careful, open and fair consideration of the concerns and cultural values of all people;
Excellence in science, communications, collaboration, and operations;
Timely, effective, consistent, and professional customer service;
Wellness, healthy lifestyles, and a safe and healthful environment; and
Partnerships with private and other public organizations within our community

The 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 ensure safety;
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable;
Assure a competent public health and personal health care work force;
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services; and
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.




			Mission, Vision, and Values Utah County Health Department Our Mission Promote health, and prevent avoidable disease and injury by monitoring the health of our community, and assuring conditions in which people can be healthy Our Vision Healthy People in Healthy Communities Our Values Careful, open and fair consideration of the concerns and cultural values of all people; Excellence in science, communications, collaboration, and operations; Timely, effective, consistent, and professional customer service; Wellness, healthy lifestyles, and a safe and healthful environment; and Partnerships with private and other public organizations within our community The 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 ensure safety; Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable; Assure a competent public health and personal health care work force; Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services; and Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.