Our Vision, Mission and Values

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Our Vision: Healthy people in healthy communities

Our Mission: Working with communities to protect and improve health

Our Motto: Building a healthier community

Our Organizational Values:

• Compassion - Caring about people
  We value people, and seek for all individuals a long and high-quality life, free from disease and disability. We strive to treat all people with dignity, respect, and in a confidential manner.

• Community Collaboration - Working with partners
  We believe that residents know their community best and have a vested interest in each other's well-being. We partner in innovative ways with communities and other stakeholders to create healthful places to live, work, and play.

• Prevention - Creating and preserving health
  We strive to prevent suffering and the cost of disease whenever possible. We address health issues through the full spectrum of prevention, from working for increased health awareness or behavioral change in individuals, to system and policy change. We use facts discovered through scientific methods to establish and evaluate programs, interventions, and policies to improve health.

• Equality - Serving everyone
  We strive to serve every person living in or visiting Shasta County in a culturally sensitive and appropriate manner. We work toward the elimination of health disparities between groups of people. Every community in the county is important to us, and we seek to assure that each has access to important preventive and other health services.

• Integrity - Accountable and honest
  We aim to do the most possible to protect and improve health with the financial resources available to us, always striving to make efficient and productive use of the public's funds. We are committed to honesty in all of our activities, transparency in decision-making and information sharing, and sincerity in our relationships.

"Building a Healthier Community"

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