Public Health Makes Life Better

• By making sure children get their vaccines.
• By controlling communicable diseases.
• By working with communities to improve prenatal care.
• By ensuring child care centers are healthy places for our children.
• By promoting healthy lifestyles
• By making sure our food is safe
• By educating food service workers and inspecting restaurants.
• By investigating complaints about environmental problems.
• By helping minority communities improve their health.
• By helping communities prevent tooth decay through water fluoridation.
• By working with communities to prevent lead poisoning.
• By inspecting and licensing health care and long-term care facilities.
• By providing nutritious food to improve the health of women, infants, and children.
• By providing breast and cervical cancer screenings to eligible women.