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Bureaus and Programs

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Below is a list of the bureaus and programs of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Administrative Services and Commissioner's Office Programs

• Office of The Commissioner
• Accounting
• Diversity Council
• Healthy Communities
  • Community Health Network Area-CHNA
  • Regional Centers for Healthy Communities
  • Regional Health Offices
• Health Equity
• Privacy and Data Access
  • Research and Data Access 
  • Privacy and Confidentiality
• Purchase of Service

Infectious Disease Prevention, Response and Services

• Epidemiology Program
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program
• Immunization Program
• HIV/AIDS
• Refugee and Immigrant Health Program
• Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention
• Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

Community Health Access and Promotion

• Division of Wellness
  • Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit
    • Nutrition Initiatives
    • Physical Activity Initiatives
• Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Unit
    • Asthma Prevention and Control
    • Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control
    • Diabetes Prevention and Control
    • Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control
  • Healthy Aging and Disability Unit
    • Office of Healthy Aging
    • Office on Health and Disability
  • Men's Health/Women's Health Unit
    • Men’s Health Partnership
    • Women’s Health Network
  • Office of Community Liaisons
  • Office of Health Communication
• Division of Violence and Injury Prevention
  • Injury Prevention And Control Program
    • Child Fatality Review
    • Emergency Medical Services For Children
    • Massachusetts Residential Fire Injury Prevention Program
    • Passenger Safety Programs
    • Regional Center For Poison Control And Prevention
    • STOP Injury Project
    • Suicide Prevention Program
    • Traffic Safety Programs
    • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Prevention Task Force
  • Violence Prevention and Intervention Services
    • Batterer Intervention Program Services
    • Bullying Prevention Resources
    • Domestic and Sexual Violence Integration Initiative
    • Enhancing the Faith Communities Response to Sexualized and Domestic Violence
    • Refugee And Immigrant Safety And Empowerment (RISE)
    • Rural Domestic Violence And Child Victimization Project
    • Safe Families Project
    • Safe Spaces for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Youth
    • Sexual and Domestic Violence Programs for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Communities
    • Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
    • Sexual Assault Prevention And Survivor Services
      • Llámanos: Statewide Spanish Language Sexual Assault Hotline
      • Sexual Assault Prevention Coalition And Capacity-Building
    • Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Initiative
    • Youth Violence Prevention Program
• Division Primary Care and Health Care Access
  • Adolescent Health and Youth Development
  • Community Based Primary Care
  • Coordinated School Health Program
  • Family Planning Program
  • Office of Community Health Workers
  • Office of Rural Health
  • Oral Health
  • Primary Care Office
  • School Based Health Centers
  • School Health
• Office of Statistics & Evaluation

Emergency Preparedness

Environmental Health

• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Community Assessment Program
• Community Sanitation Program
• Indoor Air Quality Program
• Environmental Epidemiology Program
• Environmental Health Outreach and Education Program
• Environmental Toxicology Program
• Food Protection Program
• Radiation Control Program

Family Health and Nutrition

• Nutrition Division
  • Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program
  • Office of Nutrition
  • Growth and Nutrition
  • More Division of Nutrition Programs
• Division for Perinatal, Early Childhood, and Special Health Needs
  • Early Intervention Program
  • Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
  • Pediatric Palliative Care Network
  • Special Health Needs Community Support Line (800)882-1435
  • More DPECSHN Programs
• Office of Data Translation
  • Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
  • Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal Data System (PELL)
• Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Public Information
• Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

Health Care Safety and Quality

• Center for Patient Safety
  • Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction
  • Office of Patient Protection
• Determination of Need Program
• Division of Health Care Quality
  • Clinical Laboratory Program
  • Complaints
  • Facility Licensure and Certification
  • Healthcare Associated Infections
  • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Nurse Aide Registry Program
  • Plan Review
• Drug Control Program
• Health Professions Licensure
• Office of Emergency Medical Services
• Organ Transplant Services
• Public Health Council

Health Information, Statistics, Research, and Evaluation

• Health Survey Program/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• Injury Surveillance Program
• Massachusetts Cancer Registry
• MassCHIP 
• Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
• Division of Research and Epidemiology

Hinton State Laboratory Institute

Hospitals

• Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
• Massachusetts Hospital School
• State Office of Pharmacy Services
• Tewksbury Hospital
• Western Massachusetts Hospital

Library System

Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation & Prevention Program

Substance Abuse Services

  

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This information is provided by the Department of Public Health.