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Mission
Indiana Public Health
Foundation
The Indiana
Public Health Foundation, Inc. is an independent,
public-not-for-profit health institute dedicated to promoting
and protecting the health of the individual through education,
research and resource management, to achieve a higher quality of
life, a healthy environment, and to foster greater knowledge of
public health. The Foundation promotes community health,
leadership, assessment, availability of services, educational
opportunities for articulating health trends, and supports sound
public health policy.
The Foundation
advocates the improvement of population-based health protection
services that intervene and prevent disease, injury and
environmental problems that affect all citizens regardless of
social or economic status. This pubic health policy has saved
millions of lives and brought about control of disease, injury
prevention, and an improved environment and greater attention to
chronic diseases. It emphasizes the need for intervention and
prevention to advance the health of all citizens. Public
health targets the health status of the total population in
contrast to public medicine, which provides services for direct
care. It seeks to achieve its mission by creating
opportunities for Indiana citizens to practice healthy
lifestyles as a way to improve the health status. This is
accomplished through education, research and services aimed at
improving the quality of life.
Mission
Indiana Public Health Association
To promote the health of
the people of Indiana through:
Educational programs to improve public health practice
Training and research to advance public health
Promotion of interest in public health careers
Public education about prevention of disease and
promotion of wellness
Advocacy for the health of the people through
communication with government officials and community leaders.
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