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About the Office of Local Public Health

The Office of Local Public Health (OLPH) works to strengthen New Jersey’s local public health system and improve the performance and practice of local health departments. We do this by:

Providing a legal framework for operation of local public health through the Public Health Practice Standards of Performance for Local Boards of Health in New Jersey
Evaluating the performance of local health departments to assure quality
Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of local health departments
Developing the core competencies and capabilities of the public health workforce
Licensing Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists
Workforce Development
NJ Public Health Associations
NJDOH Contact Directory for Local Health Departments

Health Officer Orientation Packet (HOOP)

HOOP - A compendium of administrative resources for newly appointed health officers, seasoned health officers, and local public health employees in leadership or managerial positions.

For Local Health Departments

General Resources

The Ten Essential Public Health Services - A working definition of public health and a guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems
Operational Definition of a Functional Health Department - Describes what everyone can reasonably expect from a local public health department
CDC's Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations
Model Practices - Descriptions of exemplary programs developed by local health departments, collected by NACCHO.
Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: A Handbook for Action - NACCHO document on reducing health disparities.
Uniform Shared Health Services Agreement TEMPLATE and Guidelines
Vaccine Safety: Fact vs. Myth

Emergency Preparedness Resources

Project Public Health Ready - Criteria for emergency preparedness and response planning, workforce capacity development, and exercises to evaluate preparedness.
Federal and State Emergency Assets [pdf 60kb]

Data/Statistics Resources

NJ State Health Assessment Data System - Access public health datasets and statistics via a custom query system and public health indicator profiles.
New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factors Survey (NJBRFS) -A telephone survey of New Jersey adults to monitor major behavioral risk factors and chronic conditions
Healthy New Jersey 2020 - The state’s 10-year public health agenda

New Jersey Local Information Network and Communications System (NJLINCS)

NJLINCS is a system of public health professionals and electronic public health information that enhances the identification and containment of diseases and hazardous conditions that threaten the public's health. LINCS is a network of 21 strategically positioned local health departments located throughout the state, the New Jersey Department of Health , all other local health departments and public/private organizations.