Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Citizens' Guide to State Services
Published by
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Citizen Information Service
Health: Administration
H1 Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
250 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108-4619
Tel: 617-624-6000
TTY: 617-624 6001
www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-public-health
The department's areas of responsibility are to prevent disease and physical impairment and identify, investigate, and eliminate their causes; ensure the availability, accessibility, and quality of appropriate health services and provide those services when they are not available elsewhere. To instill and reinforce the responsibility of all individuals in the preservation of their own health and that of their fellow citizens; and to help foster a healthy society through health promotion and education. This is done through the department’s seven bureaus of: Community Health and Prevention; Environmental Health; Family Health and Nutrition; Health Care Safety and Quality; Health Profession; Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences; Sustance Abuse Services as well as many other divisions, offices and programs. This office also serves as the point of contact for the Office of Health Services.
Department of Public Health Helplines:
AIDS/HIV: 617-983-6550
Cancer: 1-800 4 CANCER (422-6237)
Car Safety 1-800 CAR SAFE (227-7233)
Eastern Equine Encephalitis: 1-888-658-2850
Poison Control Center: 1-800-222-1222 (not DPH)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 617-983-6550
Substance Abuse: 1-800-327-5050
Tuberculosis: 617-983-6550
