ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH

To monitor the health needs of the vulnerable populations, the Center will systematically collect, assemble, and disseminate information on the public health status of vulnerable communities. The Center will conduct disease surveillance and investigate the occurrence of health effects and health hazards in the vulnerable populations. The Center will analyze the determinants of identified health needs, examine etiologic, risk, and contributing factors that precede and contribute to specific health problems or reduced health status in vulnerable populations.