Upcoming Events!
"Safe Kids" Coalition BIKE RODEO
March 21, 2025
@ Pomeroy Elementary Playground
The Pomeroy “Safe Kids Coalition” and Garfield County Public Health will be hosting a “Safe Kids” Bike Rodeo on March 21, 2025 at the Pomeroy Elementary Playground. This bicycle skills clinic teaches children 6 and older about safety skills and precautions when operating their bikes, scooters, tricycles, or skateboards. Participants learn bike handling skills in a fun, safe, and encouraging atmosphere through different stations and an obstacle course. Join us this coming March!
Our Mission
We are committed to professional, caring services that motivate individuals to a higher level of physical, mental, and environmental health awareness and responsibility.
Roles of Public Health
- Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
- Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
- Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
- Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
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