Mission
The mission of the Southeast District Health Department is to prevent disease and promote overall health through outreach services, and partnerships while educating and empowering all those who live, work, and visit Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, and Richardson counties.
Vision
Our vision is to utilize a community-centered approach to ensure all individuals have equal access to quality services to meet their needs and improve the overall health of population.
What is Public Health?
Public health works to protect the health and well-being of all people, young and old, rich and poor. Because of public health, you can safely drink the water, breathe the air and eat the food. Public health has worked to eliminate disease and immunize against the previously life threatening infectious diseases. Public health works for injury prevention through safer work-places, motor vehicle safety, child safety seat programs and reduction of drug and alcohol abuse.
Since 1900, the average life span of U.S. citizens has lengthened by 30 years; 25 years of the gain are directly attributable to advances in Public Health. *CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
