Health promotion is “the process of enabling people to take control over and improve their health” (WHO).

The Health Promotion Branch works with a range of government departments, Regional Health Services and non-government agencies to bring about changes that will lead to better health for all.

The Branch focuses on:

• improving and protecting the health of populations and more specifically targets those who are most disadvantaged
• contributing to health promotion workforce development and building community capacity to tackle health inequalities.
• monitoring determinants of health, for example, socioeconomic, health behaviours and individual related factors such as weight.

Announcement

The Minister for Health has released a consultation paper on television advertising and its impact on the consumption of unhealthy food and drinks by children read more...