Three Rivers District Health Department
Mission Statement
Established 2002Our mission is to facilitate personal responsibility while promoting health and preventing disease among the residents of Dodge, Saunders and Washington Counties.
Three Core Functions:
1. Assessment of community health status2. Health policy development to support effective programs
3. Assurance of high quality, effective education and service
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2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
8. Assure a competent public health workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problem
