About Us
Santa Rosa County Health Department has been part of the state and national public health system since 1944. Past public health efforts have wiped out or brought under control such deadly diseases as polio, malaria, yellow fever, and smallpox.
Public Health Services in Florida are intended to protect and promote the health of all citizens and visitors to Florida.
Our Mission:
Protect and promote the health of all residents and visitors in Santa Rosa County.
Our Vision:
A responsive and sustainable public health system that improves the health of all citizens in Santa Rosa County.
Our Values:
Excellence: We achieve and maintain quality results and outcomes through continuous performance improvement and learning.
Commitment to Service: We dedicate ourselves to provide services unconditionally without partiality.
Accountability: We take full responsibility for our behavior and performance.
Empowerment: We create a culture that encourages people to exercise their judgment and initiative in pursuit of organizational goals.
Integrity: Our guide for actions -- which incorporates our commitment to honesty, fairness, loyalty and trustworthiness -- is in the best interests of our customers and employees.
Respect: We recognize and honor the contributions of one another in our daily activities and create an environment where diversity is appreciated and encouraged.
Teamwork: We encourage active collaboration to solve problems, make decisions, and achieve common goals.
10 Essential Public Health Services
- Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
- 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.
