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Article: Performance Standards for State and Local Health Departments
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- Encyclopedia of Public Health
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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Public health departments are organizations established by state and local governments to protect and promote the health and safety of the people living in or visiting the area served by a state or local government. Public health departments protect and promote health and safety by assuring delivery of the ten Essential Public Health Services which are described as:
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