Our Mission

The Winnebago Public Health Department strives to create and maintain a healthy community. We achieve this by providing the ten essential public health services.

1. Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets.
2. Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population.
3. Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it.
4. Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health.
5. Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health.
6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health.
7. Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy.
8. Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce.
9. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement.
10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health.

Our Vision

The Winnebago Public Health Department will proactively and proudly serve the evolving the needs of our community. Our staff members will take pride in their work, model healthy behaviors, provide cultural centered appropriate services and excellent internal and external customer service.

Our Values

Respect, Cultural Sensitivity, Confidentiality, and Professionalism.