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Community Health Programs Division
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Ontario. Community and Public Health Division
Ontario. Community Health Division
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The Community Health Programs Division (originally named the Community and Public Health Division) was created in 1984 within the Ontario Ministry of Health. The new Division centralized community health functions.
Headed by an Executive Director, the Division reported to the following Assistant Deputy Ministers: Community Health (1984-1990), Community Health and Support Services (1990-1992), and Population Health and Community Services System Group (1992-1998).
The Division originally included the Community Health Branch and the Community Mental Health Branch. In 1987 responsibility for health human resources was transferred to the newly created Policy, Planning and Systems Division, and in 1990 the Public Health Branch, the Health Promotions Branch and the Laboratory Services Branch were brought under the division.
In 1994, the Community Mental Health Branch was disbanded and its functions transferred to the new Mental Health Programs and Services Group.
In 1998 the Community Health Programs Division was disbanded and its responsibilities were assumed by the Institutional Health and Community Services Group and the Health Care Programs Division.
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The Community Health Programs Division coordinated and delivered programs in the areas of public and community health, health promotion, health human resources, and community mental health in Ontario. It administered the AIDS Bureau, Substance Abuse Bureau, the Underserviced Area Program, the Northern Medical Specialist Incentive Program, and the Office of Children and Youth Health Bureau. At one time the Division also operated and maintained central and regional public health laboratories and the Laboratory Inspection Service.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual reports of the Ministry of Health, 1987-1989
Ontario Government Telephone Directories
KWIC Index to Ontario Government Services, 1997, 1999
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre