Public Health Connects Us All

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.

Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.

Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or recurring through implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services and conducting research…Public health also works to limit health disparities. A large part of public health is promoting healthcare equity, quality and accessibility.

CDC Foundation: What is Public Health?

Positions at LPH Covered Under CUPE 1291

• Accounting Clerk
• Dental Assistant
  • Certified
• Enforcement Officer
• Environmental Health Specialist
• Environmentalist
• Health Promoter
  • Health Promotion Assistant
• Program Support
• Public Health Inspector
  • Certified
  • Non-certified
  • Student
• Public Health Nutritionist
• Registered Dental Hygienist
• Registered Dietician
• Registered Practical Nurse
• Resource Coordinator