Division of Health Promotion

Responsibilities

The Health Officer is responsible for providing services that fall under N.J.S.A. 26:1A-15 and 26:3A2-1 et. seq. Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health. These services include:

  • Adult Health Services to Include:
    • Cancer Services
    • Cardiovascular Disease Services
    • Diabetes Services
    • Health Services for Older Adults
  • Childhood Lead Poisoning
  • Communicable Disease Activities
  • Community Public Health Partnerships
  • Countywide Community Health Planning
  • Emergency Response Capability
  • Environmental Health
  • Food Surveillance
  • Health Education and Health Promotion
  • Health Related Research
  • Maternal and Child Health Activities
  • Monitoring Health Status and Doing a Community Health Assessment
  • Occupational Health
  • Preventive Personal Health Services and Access to Health Care
  • Public Health Nuisances
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Rabies and Zoonosis Control
  • Recreational Bathing
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Tuberculosis Control
  • Youth Camps

Division Makeup

The Division consists of the following:

  • Bureau of Environmental Health
  • Clinical Services
  • Communicable Diseases
  • HIV Prevention/Impact Van
  • Lead Case Management
  • School Health Immunization Surveillance/Health Education
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Trenton Animal Control Office (TAS)
  • Vital Statistics