Halton. Halton Region Health Department

Site: Oakville - Halton Regional Administration Centre

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Record #: OAK2807 Last Full Update: 29 Nov 2017
Contact Information
Office Phone Mon-Sun 24 hours 905-825-6000 or call 3-1-1
Toll Free Phone 1-866-442-5866 (1-866-4HALTON)
TTY Phone 905-827-9833
Fax 905-825-2247
E-Mail accesshalton@halton.ca
Website www.halton.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=8310&pageId=9090
Social Media Facebook Facebook: www.facebook.com/RegionOfHalton
LinkedIn LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/halton-region
Twitter Twitter: twitter.com/RegionofHalton
Agency Information
Description (Agency) Provides a complete range of Public Health programs that promote health and prevent disease for area residents though all of life's stages. Staff support and encourage people to make healthy choices, and work with the community to ensure that public health standards are being met in the areas of parental/child health, environmental health, dental health, epidemiological investigation, and practical public health research and evaluation.
Legal Status (20) Regional Government
Primary Executive Dr Hamidah Meghani, Medical Officer of Health
Funding Regional / Municipal
Description and Service Details
Description (Service) Provides a complete range of Public Health programs that promote health and prevent disease for area residents though all of life's stages. Staff support and encourage people to make healthy choices, and work with the community to ensure that public health standards are being met in the areas of parental/child health, environmental health, dental health, epidemiological investigation, and practical public health research and evaluation.
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Areas Served Halton Region
Eligibility varies depending on the service
Application no referral required * appointments or registration required for certain programs or classes
Languages English
Fees For some services
Site Information
Located In Community Oakville
Address & Map
Halton Regional Administration Centre
1151 Bronte Rd
Oakville, ON L6M 3L1
 
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Intersection Bronte Rd and QEW
Mailing Address c/o Halton Region Health Department
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Agency Overview

8 Agency Locations [Show Listings]
23 Agency Services [Show Listings]

Services at this Location

10 Service(s) at this Location
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Inspectors, Registered Nurses and Infection Control Specialists: * complete investigations of reportable diseases including respiratory, enteric and blood-borne reportable diseases * rev ... [More]
Environmental Health
Environmental Health: * investigates environmental health hazard reports and complaints * inspects public recreational water facilities, including swimming pools, spas and wading pools, to ensure they ... [More]
Food Safety
Food poisoning cases, complaints and food recalls are investigated by Public Health Inspectors and food premises such as restaurants, day care centres and institutions are inspected regularly. * condu ... [More]
Healthy Environments and Communicable Disease - Stop Smoking Clinics
Offer one-to-one personal counselling to help smokers assess their lifestyle, understand why they smoke, set a quit date and choose a personalized method of quitting. * help smokers consider methods o ... [More]
Immunization Services
Halton Region Health Department offers a variety of immunization services: * provides information and counselling about immunizations and vaccines * maintains an immunization database for all children ... [More]
Oral Health
Offers resources, information, and supports related to oral health to residents of Halton Region. * oral health screenings at schools and community Health Department clinics * oral health screenings a ... [More]
Seasonal Influenza Immunization Clinics
The Halton Region Health Department offers seasonal influenza (flu) immunization clinics each year from October to December, to Ontarians six months of age and over. In addition to operating influenza ... [More]
Testing Your Well Water Supplies
The Health Department's water depot locations : Halton Hills Public Library Acton Branch 17 River Street Acton Tuesday-Thursday 9:30 am-8:30 pm Acton Home Hardware - Sample water bottle pick-up only ... [More]
Tobacco Use Prevention
The Tobacco Use Prevention Program * provides information, support and resources about tobacco use prevention * targets all Halton adults and youth, and works with other programs to address tobacco-re ... [More]
West Nile Virus Control and Surveillance
A control and surveillance program that runs during the spring, summer and fall months. * West Nile Virus (WNV) is a virus that is found in wild birds and carried by mosquitoes * affects wild birds, m ... [More]

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