Ontario. Health Promotion Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Health Promotion Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Health Promotion Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1973-1978

      History

      The Health Promotion Branch was created on August 1, 1973 within the Ontario Ministry of Health replacing the Local Health Services Branch including Public Health Dentistry, Public Health Nursing, Public Health Inspection, and Public Health Education. It also took over the Nutrition Service from the old Special Health Services Branch.

      With the 1978 restructuring of the Community Health Services functions, the Health Promotion Branch's functions were absorbed into the new Public Health Branch (along with Community Health Protection Branch) that operated under the Health Programs Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Health Promotion Branch providee consultative services and educational programs to local health agencies in Ontario in order to promote health, disease prevention, and substance abuse prevention. The Branch providee advisory services in the areas of maternal and child health, family planning, public health nursing, dental health, nutrition, health and education.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Health Promotion Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1973-1978

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Public Health Branch (1978-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1504

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Public Health Branch is the successor of Ontario. Health Promotion Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Local Health Services Branch (1966-1973)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1516

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Local Health Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Health Promotion Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1517

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Canadiana.

          Annual Reports of the Ministry of Health, 1972-1978.

          Inventory RG 10

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Paquet