Welcome to the Winnebago Public Health Department

The Winnebago Public Health Department is a division of the Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System, operated by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. We invite you to learn more about how the Winnebago Public Health Department works hard every day to improve the health and wellness of all our community members.

We provide a wide range of services to benefit the Winnebago community for both physical and mental health, social services and community safety.  We are visible, engaged and patient centered because many of our staff also live in our community.

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.