1917 Bono Road    New Albany, Indiana 47150 Phone: (812) 948-4726   Fax: (812) 948-2208

"The yardstick by which we measure our prosperity is the health and happiness of our people."

Mission Statement for the Floyd County Public Health Coordinator:

PREVENT:

1.) Increase the use and development of interventions known to prevent human illness from chemical, biological, radiological agents, and naturally occurring health threats.  

DETECT AND REPORT:

2.) Decrease the time needed to classify health events as terrorism or naturally occurring in partnership with other agencies.

3.) Decrease the time needed to detect and report chemical, biological, radiological agents in tissue, food or environmental samples that cause threats to the public's health.                                

4.) Improve the timeliness and accuracy of communications regarding threats to the public's health.

INVESTIGATE:

5.) Decrease the time to identify causes, risk factors, and appropriate interventions for those affected by threats to the public's health.

CONTROL:

6.) Decrease the time needed to provide countermeasures and health guidance to those affected by threats to the public's health.

RECOVER:

7.) Decrease the time needed to restore health services and environmental safety to pre-event levels.

8.) Improve the long-term follow-up provided to those affected by threats to the public's health.

IMPROVE:

9.) Decrease the time needed to implement recommendations from after-action reports following threats to the public's health.

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