The PROS unit provides high quality population health information to contribute to the improvement of health and wellbeing outcomes of the South Australian population. The core business of PROS is the monitoring and surveillance of population health and chronic disease epidemiology.

Epidemiology, the primary science of public health, is concerned with the monitoring and surveillance of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. Information obtained from population health surveys is used to inform policy, programs and health services that will promote the health and well being of the South Australian population.

The Population Research and Outcome Studies (PROS) Unit is located within the Health Intelligence Branch, Policy and Intergovernment Relations Division, Department of Health.