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The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.

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Community Health

Florida Department of Health in Volusia County Community Health

The mission of public health is to "fulfill society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy."

Public health carries out its mission through organized, interdisciplinary efforts to address the physical, mental and environmental health concerns of communities and populations at risk for disease and injury. This is achieved through health promotion and disease prevention technologies and interventions designed to improve and enhance quality of life.

Health promotion and disease prevention encompass a broad array of functions and expertise, including the three core public health functions:

  • Identifying health problems and priorities and assessing and monitoring the health of communities and populations at risk.
  • Formulating public policies, in collaboration with community and government leaders, to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities.
  • Assuring all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention services and evaluation of the effectiveness of that care.

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County actively engages the county's citizens and stakeholders in assessing and planning to improve the health of the community.

Community Health Needs Assessment
In 2022, Flagler and Volusia County completed, their first, cross-county collaborative Community Health Assessment to identify health priorities. It is our pleasure to reach across organizational boundaries throughout Volusia and Flagler, to include those most impacted by health challenges to create a vision that is broadly understood.

Community Health Assessment 2022

Community Health Improvement Plan
A community health improvement plan is a long-term, living document intended to be updated annually. It is a systematic effort to address public health problems in a community. The CHIP is based on the results of a community health assessment. It is one part of a four-part plan-do-study-act process designed to improve community health. The plan defines the priorities for the community’s health which this year include access to behavioral health services, economic and social barriers and system infrastructure. The CHIP is the community’s plan – not the county health department’s plan for the community.

Community Health Improvement Plan 2023-2025

(Institute of Medicine, Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health, Division of Health Care Services. 1988. The Future of Public Health. National Academy Press, Washington, DC)