PUBLIC HEALTH
WelcomeWelcome to the DHSS Public Health Directorate Webpages
The Public Health Directorate is part of the Chief Executive's Office of the Department of Health and Social Security.
The Directorate can normally be contacted Monday to Friday between the hours of 9.00 am - 5.30 pm.
The offices are located in Douglas and address details are as follows:
Public Health Directorate
Crookall House
Demesne Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3QA
Telephone : (01624) 642639
Fax : (01624) 642684
E-mail: publichealth@gov.im
For Public Health matters outside normal working hours, please contact Nobles switchboard 650000 who will provide you with the telephone number of the Consultant on Call.
Key Public Health Activities
The Directorate defines three overlapping domains in which public health professionals practice:
- Health improvement
- Improving services
- Health protection
Health Improvement
- Inequalities
- Healthy Schools
- Housing and Health
- Family/community
- Lifestyles including Obesity, Tobacco and Oral Health
- Surveillance and monitoring of specific diseases and risk factors
Improving services
- Clinical effectiveness
- Efficiency
- Service planning
- Audit and evaluation
- Clinical governance
- Equity
Health Protection
- Infectious diseases
- Chemicals and poisons
- Radiation
- Emergency response
- Environmental health hazards
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