Salem County Department of Health & Human Services

♦ Prevent. Promote. Protect. ♦

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Our Mission

We are dedicated to the promotion and protection of the public’s health through prevention, education & partnership within the community of Salem County.

Our Vision

We will continually enhance and adapt our services to the needs of the community resulting in a healthy, accountable population that recognizes the Health Department as a valuable resource.  The 10 essential public health services.

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems and community resources
• 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 protect health and 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 workforce
• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems