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Sargent County District Health Unit

Mission of SCDHU:

It is our mission to promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury and disability to the residents of Sargent County.

10 Essential Services

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems
• Diagnosis 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.

Serving all residents of Sargent County. Regardless of age, race, sex or income.

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