Knox County Health Department  Strategic Plan Summary
August 2009

Our Vision

• Every Person a Healthy Person

Our Mission

• To encourage, promote and assure the development of an active, healthy community through innovative public health practices
  

Core Values

• Responsiveness and commitment to our community
• Accountability and integrity in our operation
• Excellence through evidence-based and innovative practices
• Leading by example
  

Strategic Issues

• How do we continually assure that Knox County Health Department infrastructure empowers us to be at the forefront of Public Health?
• How do we establish community wide understanding and value for Public Health?
• How do we respond effectively to our community's public health issues?
• How do we facilitate a community approach to better health?