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The mission of the Georgia Division of Public Health provides service and leadership to promote, protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Georgia.
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A Georgia with healthy people, families, and communities is a place where public and private sectors pool their assets and strengths with people to promote health for all. Decisions are made in harmony with economic and environmental concerns, as well as with healthy human development.
A healthy Georgia is a state with dynamic and healthy communities. In healthy communities everyone is welcome and belongs; people respect each others cultural heritage. They care for and help each other, and protect their surroundings for recreation and reflection. Healthy communities are safe places for people and families to live, work, and play; they have adequate food and housing, quality education and training for children and adults, jobs and and suitable public services.
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- Prevention is the foundation for promoting individual and community health
- Access to preventive and curative health services should be available to all people and should be affordable.
- Prevention should be given priority in a reformed health care system
- Prevention is the primary function of Public Health Agencies
- Health promotion and disease prevention is essential to healthy people and communities
- Epidemology is the foundation of public health decision making
- The use of health data and information is an important part of the decision-making process
- People of all cultural backgrounds are worthy members of society and deserve courtesy, respect, understanding and compassion
- Educated and informed people are powerful people
- An ethic of caring for and including all is the basis for decision making
- In the obligation to perfom our job as public health professionals to the best of our abilities
- We can make a difference in the lives of the people of this state and to do what we must to work together
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