Commisioner of Public Health

Alan Balsam, Director Stephen Glover Train Memorial Public Health Center 11 Pierce Street Brookline, MA 02445 617-730-2300 ACPH Friends Healthy Brookline
The Brookline Health Department provides a range of environmental, community, and clinical health services to monitor and improve the health status and quality of life of persons who live or work in Brookline. Among the steps taken by the Department in seeking this goal are the control of existing and potential environmental hazards; the provision of health education and clinical health services, with emphasis on the prevention and early detection of chronic diseases and the improved management of lifestyle issues affecting health; the delivery of services dealing with conditions resulting from the abuse of drugs or alcohol; and the control of communicable diseases. The provision of a range of health services at a per capita cost of three and a half cents a day is evidence of the cost-effectiveness of the public health services available to the community.
Advisory Council on Public Health (ACPH)- Board Members- Dr. J. Jacques Carter, Ch. (2002) Dr. Bruce Cohen (2003) Roberta Gianfortoni (2004) Elizabeth Hirshom (2002) Dr. Millie Krakow (2003) Kerry McDonald(2004) ACPH Meeting Schedule
Friends of Brookline Public Health- The Friends of Brookline Public Health, a membership organization conceived to build a constituency for public health in Brookline, is in its sixth year. The goal of 130 individual members and six corporate members was achieved in 2000. The elected Board of Trustees consists of 18 Persons, including four officers. The board has funded several public health initiatives including a project linking literacy and health, a balance/fitness program for elders, and a linkage with our Sister City in Nicaragua. The Friends of Brookline Public Health also sponsors an annual Public Health Policy Forum, in conjunction with the Brookline Center for Adult and Community Education. The Friends also presents an annual Public Health Leadership Award to a member of the Brookline community. Recipients include: The Brookhouse Condominium Assoc.- Sponsorship of the Mutt Mitt Program Ethel Weiss of Irvings Toy and Card Shop- In recognition of her efforts to support smokefree youth Michael Dukakis- For his consistent leadership around public health issues, and chairmanship of the public health policy forum
Healthy Brookline Volume I Volume II Volume III Volume IV- Youth Behavioral Risk Survey Volume V - Survey of Chinese Speaking Elders Volume VI - Health Status Indicators-Community Health Assessment. Volume VII - Communicable Disease Indicators Volume VIII - Youth Risk Behavior Survey Volume IX - Elder Health Indicators & Risk Factors Volume X - Environmental Health Indicators