Our Mission:
Promote, protect and improve the health of all people in Florida.

Our Vision:
A healthier future for the people of Florida

Our Values:
Integrity - Commitment to Service - Respect - Excellence - Accountability - Teamwork - Empowerment

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Main Location:
1955 US 1 South, Suite 100
St. Augustine, FL, 32086 (MAP)
Phone: (904) 825-5055
General Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Environmental Health Offices:
4040 Lewis Speedway
St. Augustine, FL, 32084 (MAP)
Phone: (904) 823-2514
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

It is with immense pride that I serve, and address the public health concerns of the residents of St. Johns County. As our Senior Leaders began the Strategic Planning cycle earlier this year, we reviewed Healthy People 2010 National Health Objectives on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and looked toward the launching of Healthy People 2020 next year. As we looked forward, we recognized that in order to achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives, we need to acknowledge and address the social, environmental, and economic determinants of health, including issues such as, crime, poverty, and community planning. Consequently, we will work to ensure that our strategic planning initiatives involve all sectors of our community, and that health implications of decision making will take into account issues which, at first glance, may not appear to impact directly the health of the community.

When I began my tenure at St. Johns County Health Department (SJCHD) in 2004, emphasizing the core values of respect, loyalty, trust, accountability and compassion, and adherence to the strictest of ethical standards, SJCHD embarked on a Journey of Continuous Quality Improvement, embracing the Baldrige / Sterling Management Model to pursue Organizational Performance Excellence. The national Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence provide a framework by which SJCHD ensures fiscal sustainability through improved efficiencies, via continuous performance improvement. I am pleased to share that SJCHD has won the 2009 Governor’s Sterling Award (GSA)!

In 2011, SJCHD plans to seek Voluntary National Public Health Accreditation when the program is launched. Consequently, the map on page 25 demonstrates the linkage of our Public Health Accreditation Domains to the Sterling Management System, the continuous quality improvement infrastructure which will assist SJCHD to become one of the first health departments in the nation to achieve national accreditation. The bottom line, none of this would be possible were it not for the commitment and dedication of my staff, Florida’s Best in your Center of Excellence in Public Health!

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