The 10 Essential Public Health Services serve as a foundation and guideline for public health organizations, activities, and communities. The National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS) uses the essential services as a metric to assess public health systems’ performance.
In this Assignment, you use the essential public health services to assess how you and your agency are addressing these components of public health.
To prepare:
Submit a 3- to 5-page paper that assesses how the agency of your practicum addresses essential services.
Answer the following questions for each service you selected: