Link to your County Health Departments website ( USE BROWARD COUNTY, FL) Of the 10 Essential Public Health Services listed in your textbook, select 2 and respond to the following questions 1. Based on website information, provide two or more examples of nursing roles or activities related to these two essential Public Health functions 2. Explain how your response validates, corresponds or conflicts with the assigned textbook content Text book: Rector, C (2020). Community & public health nursing 10th edition (course point platform) Walter Kluwer: Philadelphia- ISBN 9781975178345 Chapter 10: Communication and Collaboration in the 21st century: Informatics and Health Technology in community health nursing Chapter 13: Policy Making and Community Health Advocacy 10 Essential Public Health Services What is Public Health? Generation Public Health Creating Healthy Communities The strength of a public health system rests on its capacity to effectively deliver the 10 Essential Public Health Services: 1 Assess and monitor population health. 2 Investigate, diagnose and address health hazards and root causes. 3 Communicate effectively to inform and educate. 4 Strengthen, support and mobilize communities and partnerships. 5 Create, champion and implement policies, plans and laws. 6 Utilize legal and regulatory actions. 7 Enable equitable access. 8 Build a diverse and skilled workforce. 9 Improve and innovate through evaluation, research and quality improvement. 10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health. The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve optimal health for all, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems and services that enable good health and seek to remove obstacles and systemic and structural barriers such as poverty, racism, gender discrimination, and other forms of oppression that have resulted in health inequalities. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve good health and well-being.
