Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit – Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Brockville

Industry: Community health centres

458 Laurier Blvd, Brockville, ON, K6V 7A3

WebsiteEmail contact@healthunit.orgCall 613-345-5685

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Public health protection agency

Focus on:

• preventing conditions that may put health at risk
• early detection of health problems
• changing peoples’ and societies’ attitudes and practices regarding lifestyle choices 
• harm reduction
• information available on opioids, fentanyl, naloxone and narcan
• screening programs aimed at specific groups where the early detection of an illness can improve health

Screening programs include:

• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program
• preschool speech and language
• school-age dental exams
• breast and cervical screening for cancer

Health protection works in the areas of food and water safety environmental risks such as:

• toxic waste handling and air pollution
• second-hand smoke
• public sanitation
• spread of rabies
• vaccinations against major communicable diseases
• mandatory tuberculosis screening of immigrants to Canada

Health promotion programs include the provision and education around:

• tobacco use
• nutrition
• physical activity
• injury prevention
• birth control and reproductive health
• prevention of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS
• breastfeeding