Public health is delivered by the Department of Health and Social Development (DHSD) in a collaborative approach. Nurses and community health aides make up the Public Health team and they work very closely with the Home and Community Care program. There is also a collaborative working relationship with the staff of the Community Clinics, Labrador Grenfell Health, who deliver the primary care function.

Public health provides services across the lifespan to people and families within our communities. These include assessment, surveillance, health promotion, policy development, disease and injury prevention, and health protection. These programs and services include, but are not limited to:

• Prenatal education and support
• Child and school health clinics
• Immunization programs
• Tuberculosis education and follow up
• Sexual health promotion
• Communicable disease education and follow up
• Rabies prevention (animal vaccinations)
• International travel consultations
• Healthy lifestyle clinics
• Children’s Oral Health Initiative