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Community Health

Florida Department of Health in Orange County

Community health is a discipline concerned with the improvement of the health characteristics of communities. The characteristics are often examined using a variety of research tools including epidemiological and social science methodologies and datasets.

Community or population health works to improve the health of entire populations by addressing issues such as: family planning, health disparities, environmental factors, and social structures. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) is actively involved in the community through a variety of projects and partnerships.

Academic Health

The development of DOH-Orange as an academic health department, using a team-based approach and a community-centered vision to develop partnerships with academic centers, community agencies, and private and public entities, to expand four key areas which are integral to the development of the model.

  1. Core service delivery
  2. Teaching/education
  3. Research
  4. Informatics