Lehigh Valley Board of Health
Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center
511 East Third Street, Suite 363, Bethlehem, PA 18015

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What is Public Health?

Public health is what we, as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.

The ten greatest improvements to Public Health in the 20th century:

  1. Vaccination
  2. Motor Vehicle Safety
  3. Safer Workplace
  4. Control of Infectious Diseases
  5. Decline in death from Heart Disease & Strike
  6. Safer and Healthier Foods
  7. Healthy Moms & Babies
  8. Family Planning
  9. Fluoridation of Drinking Water
  10. Recognition of Tobacco use as a health hazard

 

The Lehigh Valley Board of Health

Mission Statement:

Our mission is the improve the quality of life in the Lehigh Valley by promoting healthy behavior, protecting the environment, preventing disease, and making our community a healthy place to live, work and play.

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