Our Vision

The City of Saint Louis will be a healthy environment where citizens realize their desire for longer,healthier and happier lives at home, at work and in their neighborhoods.

Our Mission

To assure a healthy community through continuous protection, prevention and promotion of the public's health. This is achieved by caring, qualified, culturally competent employees who are responsive and proactive to community needs.

Our Values

• Professionalism Assuring a qualified, accountable and skilled staff, grounded in the philosophy of customer service.

• Quality Providing our customers with excellence in care and services that is continously improved.

• Diversity
  Respecting and understanding differences, valuing the worth and dignity of each person and the importance of treating all people in a non-judgmental manner.

• Collaboration
  Building and maintaining strategic alliances and working together with other organizations in order to assess and understand emerging public health needs within the community.

• Confidentiality
  Providing services in a confidential manner.

• Access
  Promoting access to health care services and reducing disparities in health outcomes for all citizens.

• Advocacy
  Providing leadership that assures optimal health through education and the development of public health policies and programs, raising community awareness and promoting healthy lifestyles.

• Teamwork
  Working together, everyone accomplishes more.

To make life better for all our citizens everyday, all the time, by protecting the public's health, preventing disease and injury, promoting access to health care services and encouraging healthy life styles. We will focus on enhancing systems, encouraging initiative and rewarding efforts of employees to continually increase our capacity to perform.