Responsibility Centres

Addictions
Focus on the strategic approaches to the prevention and community education of addictions and the continuum of problem gambling service.

Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation
Focus on achieving better health outcomes and improving quality of life for Nova Scotians through participation in physical activity, sport and recreation.

Public Health

• Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
  Focus on the strategic approaches to the prevention of chronic disease and injury and to disparities in the health of populations.
• Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
  Focus on the prevention and control of vaccine and non-vaccine preventable disease, as well as outbreak management.
• Environmental Health
  Focus on strategies and programs to protect health, reduce risk and enhance and promote a safe and healthy environment.
• Health Services Emergency Management
  Focus on public health interventions related to a public health aspect of emergency response.
• Healthy Development
  Focus on supporting the implementation of the strategic approaches across the lifespan and settings.
• Population Health Assessment and Surveillance
  Focus on collection, analysis and interpreting data to inform public health decision making.

Volunteerism
Focus on encouraging Nova Scotians to participate in voluntary organizations, improving the capacity of organizations to benefit from contribution of volunteers and enhancing the experience of volunteering.

Corporate Services
Creating a healthier, safer Nova Scotia will involve a great deal of change - change in behaviours, attitudes, policy, and environments. The corporate services branch of the department supports the department in making these changes - through communications, social marketing, human resources, finance, and policy - with the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of individuals and communities in Nova Scotia.