Choosing a career in public health will put you on the pathway to making things better for your community, your neighbor, your family, and yourself...and receive competitive pay and great benefits!
The Oklahoma State Department of Health protects and improves public health through its system of local health services and strategies focused on preventing disease. Five major service branches - Community Health, Family Health Services, Prevention and Preparedness, Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Protective Health Services - provide technical support and guidance to 68 county health departments as well as guidance and consultation to the two independent city-county health departments in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
Our Vision:
Leading Oklahoma to prosperity through health.
Our Mission:
To protect and promote health, to prevent disease and injury and to cultivate conditions by which Oklahomans can thrive.
Our Values:
Service | Collaboration | Respect | Accountability
