Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Works to promote health, prevent disease and advance health equity among the people of New York City.

Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Spearheads programs and policy initiatives to reduce the burden of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and asthma. The Bureau works with physicians to promote best practices, develops programs that promote physical activity and healthy eating, and manages a hemoglobin A1C registry to improve blood-sugar management among people with diabetes. The Bureau helped develop a new regulation to restrict the use of trans fat in restaurants.

Bureau of District Public Health Program Directs resources, programs and attention to high-need neighborhoods in the South Bronx, East and Central Harlem, and North and Central Brooklyn to reduce health inequalities. The Bureau works to improve the availability of healthy food options and promote physical activity; provides support to new mothers in creating a safe and nurturing environment for newborns; assists schools, families and health care providers in managing childhood asthma; and works to prevent teen pregnancy.

Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Works to promote sexual and reproductive health, and prevent teen pregnancies. The Bureau also promotes breast feeding and supports mothers and infants in achieving optimal health. One of the Bureau’s key programs is the Nurse-Family Partnership.

Bureau of School Health Works with the Department of Education to deploy school nurses and promote the health of NYC’s 1.3 million school-aged children. Services include case management of chronic health problems such as asthma, preventive health screenings, urgent care, medication administration, and preventive counseling services. The Bureau also coordinates the physical -education and health-education curricula in the public school system.

Bureau of Tobacco Control Works to reduce tobacco-related deaths and illnesses through five main strategies—taxation, legislation, cessation, public education, and evaluation and monitoring. Recent activities included launching a hard-hitting media campaign focused on the negative effects of smoking and distributing free courses of nicotine replacement therapy to New Yorkers interested in quitting.

Office of Minority Health Builds partnerships with faith-based organizations to disseminate health information, while providing support for health programs at faith-based organizations.