Mission Statement: To Protect And Promote Health Of The Citizens of Oklahoma, To Prevent Disease And Injury, And To Assure The Conditions By Which Our Citizens Can Be Healthy.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health, through its system of local health services delivery, is ultimately responsible for protecting and improving the public's health status through strategies that focus on preventing disease. Three major service branches, Community & Family Health Services, Prevention & Preparedness Services 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.