Skip Global navigation and goto content

Public Health

April 01, 2025

What is Public Health? 

What is Public Health? 

While health care concentrates on the needs of individual patients, public health focuses on protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy behaviors, disease prevention and the management of environmental factors.  

Key components include: 

Learn more about the services we provide by taking a tour of our website, and if you would like to join our dedicated public health team, we have many positions available.  

For Media Inquiries

Newsroom

Statewide Articles

JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to display articles

Local Articles