Office of the Surgeon General

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United States government office federal public health office

The Office of the Surgeon General is the federal public health leadership office in the United States that supports the Surgeon General in providing national health guidance, policy recommendations, and oversight of public health initiatives.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Surgeon General of the United States	3
Surgeon General’s advisories	1
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps leadership	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government office ⓘ federal public health office ⓘ
advises	Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services federal policymakers on public health issues ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ Health Resources and Services Administration ⓘ National Institutes of Health ⓘ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ⓘ state and local health departments ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	communications specialists ⓘ policy analysts ⓘ public health professionals ⓘ
field	public health ⓘ
focusesOn	behavioral and mental health ⓘ chronic disease prevention ⓘ disease prevention ⓘ health equity ⓘ health promotion ⓘ substance use and addiction ⓘ tobacco control ⓘ youth health and wellbeing ⓘ
goal	improve the health of people in the United States ⓘ inform national health policy ⓘ provide science-based public health information ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service
primaryFunction	oversee public health initiatives ⓘ provide public health leadership at the federal level ⓘ support development of national health guidance ⓘ support public health policy recommendations ⓘ
reportsTo	Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ
responsibility	coordinate public health communications from the Surgeon General ⓘ coordinate with other federal public health agencies ⓘ support emergency public health messaging ⓘ support implementation of federal public health priorities ⓘ support national health promotion campaigns ⓘ support preparation of Surgeon General’s advisories ⓘ support preparation of Surgeon General’s calls to action ⓘ support preparation of Surgeon General’s reports ⓘ
supportsOffice	Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ
usesMedium	Office of the Surgeon General self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Surgeon General’s advisories Surgeon General’s reports ⓘ public health campaigns ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surgeon General of the United States → associatedWith → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

Public Health Service Act → establishes → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → memberOf → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps leadership

Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States → partOf → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → partOf → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health → publishedBy → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → publisher → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States

Seal of the United States Public Health Service → represents → Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States

Office of the Surgeon General → usesMedium → Office of the Surgeon General self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surgeon General’s advisories