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| Department Results |
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Office of Governor NorthStar
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Department of Health |
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| Mission: To protect, maintain and improve the health of all Minnesotans. | |
| Learn more about the Department of Health by visiting its Website or reading its agency profile. | |
| Goal: | All children get a healthy start in life |
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Reduce infant mortality rates in every racial and ethnic population |
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Improve on-time childhood immunization rates |
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Reduce childhood exposure to lead |
| Goal: | Everyone living healthy from adolescence into old age |
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Reduce the percentage of youth who use tobacco |
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Increase the percent of women who receive regular mammograms and pap smears to check for breast and cervical cancer |
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Increase the percentage of adults who exercise on a regular basis |
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Increase the percentage of older adults who receive immunizations |
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Improve the quality of life for our elderly and most vulnerable population living in nursing homes by focusing on education and individual training to improve the quality of care relating to urinary incontinence and the assessment of the type of care by resident |
| Goal: | Minnesota is a healthy place to live |
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Reduce exposure to arsenic and radium in the water supply |
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Increase the percent of eating places that have trained and certified food managers, to ensure safe food handling practices |
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Increase the percent of Minnesota laboratories with the ability to recognize possible agents of bioterrorism |
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