Public Health Units
Public Health Units focus on:
- protecting health
- preventing disease, illness and injury
- promoting health and well-being
at a population/whole of community level. This is distinct from the role of the rest of the health system whose primary focus is on health care services to individuals and families.
Key functions:
- Coordinate disease control initiatives, including response to and notification of disease outbreaks.
- Undertake a range of environmental health initiatives including monitoring compliance with and enforcing public health legislation in relation to food safety and standards, regulated drugs and poisons and tobacco control.
- Develop, coordinate and support public health interventions for priority health issues of state-wide and local significance. Current priority issues are nutrition, physical activity, tobacco control, skin cancer prevention, injury prevention and mental health promotion.
Undertake epidemiology and health surveillance activities including the collation, analysis, monitoring and dissemination of information on health status and disease trends.
- Provide specialist public health advice to, and develop the capacity of health services, other sectors and the community to collaboratively plan and implement effective public health programs.
Brisbane North (Windsor)
Phone: (07) 3624 1111
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Moreton Bay (Redcliffe)
Phone: (07) 3142 1800 |
Central Queensland (Rockhampton)
Phone: (07) 49206989
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Central West (Longreach)
Phone: (07) 4652 6000 |
Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore)
Phone: (07) 5409 6600
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Wide Bay
Hervey Bay - Phone: (07) 4120 6000
Bundaberg - Phone: (07) 4150 2780 |
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Brisbane South (Coopers Plains)
Phone: (07) 3000 9148
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Darling Downs (Toowoomba)
Phone: (07) 4631 9888
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Gold Coast (Robina)
Phone: (07) 5668 3700
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Logan
Phone: (07) 3412 2989
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South West (Charleville)
Phone: (07) 4656 8100 |
West Moreton (Ipswich)
Phone: (07) 34131200 |
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Cairns
Phone: (07) 4226 5555
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Townsville
Phone: (07) 4753 9000 |
Mt Isa
Phone: (07) 4744 9100
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Mackay
Phone: (07) 4911 0400 |
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