- Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Maintain a competent public health workforce;
- Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services;
- Contribute to research seeking new insights and innovative solutions to health problem
Beltrami County
Community Health Board
The Community Health Board (CHB) is the governing body for local public health in the state of Minnesota. The CHB has the responsibilities and authority over designated activities that protect and promote the health of Beltrami County.
Beltrami County’s CHB consists of the County Board (Board of Commissioners) and a Community Health Services Administrator (CHS). The CHS Administrator is responsible to provide public health leadership and administer program responsibilities on behalf of the board.