Behavioral health, communicable diseases, environmental health, injury and violence prevention, and ensuring the right to health are the daily focus areas for this week’s observance of National Public Health Week.

Washington County Public Health Administrator Danielle Pettit-Majewski says the mission of the week is to raise awareness that everyone deserves to live a healthy life in a safe environment,”Public health is not just about reducing illness, it’s really about promoting wellness. And a healthy community is good for our economic development, honestly, because when you have a healthy workforce you’re going to have a healthy economy.” For more information about the week and the services offered in Washington County listen to the Washington Page with Pettit-Majewski at KCIIRadio.com.