Citizens expect public health to be proactive in health promotion and disease prevention.
We need only perform the role that the community has assigned us. He believes the sole reason a local public health department exists is to address the health needs of the community. Parsons leads the Gaston Health Department, accordingly. Gaston Family Health Services, Inc. was formed in 1992 to provide outpatient and inpatient general medicine coverage for Gaston residents unable to obtain private medical care. A dental program was added in 1996.