Mission and Vision
The Vision, Mission and Goals are being redeveloped. Draft vision, mission and goals appear directly below. Please review and provide comments to cecilia.barbosa@vapha.org.
Proposed Draft Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision
Achieve significant improvements in public health practice and policy in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mission
To improve the public's health in Virginia by strengthening public health practice and promoting sound public health policy.
Goals
Goal 1: Help develop a first-rate public health workforce that is connected, informed and highly capable of improving the public’s health in Virginia.
Goal 2: Become an independent trustworthy voice for public health in Virginia
Goal 3: Promote effective and promising strategies through collaborative leadership.
Goal 4: Stimulate public support for public health
Goal 5: Improve the function and structure of VAPHA to better meet its mission and goals.
Current Vision, Mission, Objectives and Purpose
VISION: Striving for
professional growth to improve public health in Virginia.
MISSION: To assist in protecting the public's health through promoting the
individual personal health of all Virginians and the continuing education of
the
public health professionals.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To advance public health policy.
2. To stimulate public support for public health.
3. To improve public health practice.
4. To strengthen and support the Association.
PURPOSE
The purposes and objectives of this Association are:
- To provide an opportunity for persons actively engaged or interested in the broad field of public health to meet together and share knowledge and experiences in order to achieve the primary goal of protecting and promoting public and personal health.
- To provide leadership in public health in the state or region by studying and becoming familiar with public health needs and problems, and then initiating and supporting action to meet need or remedy problems.
- To promote continuing educational opportunities for public health and allied workers in order to acquire new or broader knowledge and to develop new skills and techniques for more effective services.
- To stimulate, initiate or undertake studies or surveys in public health.
- To encourage collaborative effort in support of public health objectives among official, voluntary and professional organizations concerned with such fields as health, welfare, mental health, education, and public administration.
- To stimulate high professional standards in the field of public health.
- To initiate and support legislative action that will strengthen public health.
- To involve the public and a variety of community groups in public health programs to increase their knowledge of the field and to gain their support.
- To function actively as an affiliate of the American Public Health Association.
