Overview

Our vision:
Healthy People in Healthy Communities

Our mission:
To ensure that the core values of diversity and quality are integrated
into the daily work of the Health Department.

Our goals:

To actively and consciously promote a highly qualified, diverse workforce at all levels.

To identify and reduce health disparities using appropriate health status indicators.

Definitions we have created for the Health Department:

Cultural Competence: The application of knowledge that enables appropriate interaction with people who may not look, talk, think, believe, act or live like me.

Diversity: All the ways in which we are different.

Diversity creates a positive environment in which we are responsive to the changing needs of our clients and communities.

Quality: the process of measuring & evaluating how well a product or service matches the changing needs of our clients and communities, in order to achieve excellence.

DQT, July 2007

Events

DQT meetings are on the second Thursday of every month from 1pm-4:30pm. For more information, contact Tricia Tillman or Victoria Cross, co-chairs.

Community Dialogues

Beginning in March, Health Department staff will facilitate a series of discussions featuring the PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? View Health Equity calendar >>

See the Diversity Calendar, sponsored by DQT, for upcoming events.

Contact Us

For more information about DQT, contact Tricia Tillman or Victoria Cross, co-chairs.