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Health of Massachusetts
Kristin Golden, Director Policy and Planning, Commissioner’s Office
Bruce Cohen, PhD, Director Division of Research and Epidemiology, BHISRE
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Goals of Report
The goal is to produce a statewide health report that highlights DPH work
Compiles information in one place
Provides baseline data; NOT intended as a definitive research study
Explore the breadth and depth of health topics
Have outside experts provide perspectives
Include topics critical to health such as Community Assets
Policy Perspectives Christine Barber, Community Catalyst Mary Bassett, New York City Health Department Barry Bluestone, Northeastern University Joseph Brain, Harvard School of Public Health Donna Bright, Research and Planning, JRI Health Stuart Chipkin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ellen Connorton, Founder, Mass Coalition for Suicide Prevention Constance Horgan, Brandeis University Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Paula Griswold, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Milton Kotelchuck, Boston University School of Public Health Peter Lee, Mass Partnership for Healthy Communities Robert Restuccia, Community Catalyst Cindy Rodgers, Former Director, Injury Prevention and Control Program, MDPH Mary Huff Stevenson, University of Massachusetts Boston David Wegman, UMASS Lowell
Air Quality—Alcohol Use—Assaults—Asthma—Autism—Beaches—Birth Defects—Births—Breast Cancer—Breastfeeding—Bullying—Cancer—Cardiovascular Disease—
Chlamydia—Chronic Disease—Colorectal Cancer—Community Assets—Coronary Heart Disease—C-Sections—Dental Health—Dental Visits—Diabetes—Diabetes
(Gestational)—Disabilities—Disparities—Domestic Violence—Drowning—Drug Use—Early Intervention—ED Visits—Education—EEE—Environmental Health—Falls—Farmers' Markets—Fertility—Fire injury—Foodborne illness—Gonorrhea—Gun-
Related Injuries—Health Care System—Health-related quality of life—Hepatitis A—Hepatitis B—Hepatitis C—Heroin and Opioids—HIV / AIDS—Homicide—Hospital
Acquired Infections—Infant Mortality—Infectious Disease—Injury—Insurance—Lead Poisoning—Life Expectancy—Low Birth Weight—Lung Cancer—Lyme Disease—
Malignant Mesothelioma—Marijuana Use—Mental health—Mortality—Motor vehicle injury—Newborn hearing—Newborn Screening—Nursing Homes—Nutrition—Obesity—Occupational health—Oral health—PCPs—Pedestrian injury—Pertussis—Physical
Activity—Poverty—Premature Birth—Prenatal Care—Preventative Screenings—Prostate Cancer—Salmonella—Second-hand Smoke—Serious Reportable Events—
Sexual Assault—Sharps Injuries—Skating Rinks—Smoking—Socio-economics—Stroke—Substance Abuse Treatment—Suicide—Syphilis—Teen Births—Traumatic
Brain Injury—Tuberculosis—Vaccination—Violence—Water supply—Wellness—West Nile Virus—WIC—Workforce shortages
Covering more than 100 subjects
Alan Holmlund—Alfred DeMaria—Alice Bonner—Andrew Hanchett—Angela Laramie—Anita Albright—Beatriz Pazos—Becky Sarah—Beth Hume—Bonnie Andrews—Brianne Beagan—Bruce Cohen—Carlene Pavlos—Carol Davin—Carrie Huisingh—Cathy Corcoran—Ceci Dunn—Cheryl Bartlett—Christine Farrell-O’Reilly—Cynthia Lamond—Deborah Isenberg—Donald Poulsen —
Donna Johnson—Eileen McHale—Eileen Sullivan—Elise Pechter—Elizabeth Daake—Emily Lu—Gail Merriam—Gillian Haney—Helen Hawk—Hermik
Babakhanlou-Chase—Hilary Jacobs—Holly Hackman—Isabel Cáceres—James K. West—James Laing—Jan Sullivan—Jane Dvorak—Janet Farrell—Jean
Pontikas—Jean Zotter Suzanne Condon—Jennifer Tracey—Jerry O’Keefe—Jewel Mullen—Joan Bohlke—Joshua Nyambose—Judy Hause,—Julia Dyck—
June O’Neill—Karen Pressman—Karin Downs—Kathleen Fitzsimmons—Kathleen Grattan—Kathy Foell—Katrina D’Amore—Kevin Cranston—Kristin
Golden—Kyle Marshall—Lauren Kievits—Lenore Azaroff—Leonard Lee—Letitia Davis—Liane Tinsley—Lionel White—Lois Keithly—Lynn Bethel—Malena Hood—Maria Bettencourt—Maria McKenna—Mark Paskowsky—Marlene Anderka—
Michael Botticelli—Michael Fiore—Monika Mitra—Patti Fougere—Paul Oppedisano—Paul Tessier—Philip Mello—Rachel Colchamiro—Rashmi Dayalu
—Roger Eaton—Ron Benham—Sarah Ruiz—Sheila Erimez —Sherman Lohnes—Solomon Mezgebu—Steve Keel—Susan Manning—Terri Mendoza—Thomas
Land—Tracy Osbahr—Vera Mouradian—Vivian Pun—Wee Lock Ooi .
Written by nearly 100 staff
Key Findings
Many Massachusetts indicators are better than those of the US and are getting better:
BreastfeedingCancer deaths (including breast cancer and prostate cancer)ColonoscopyFalls in nursing homesFire deathsHeart disease deaths
Insurance AccessLife ExpectancyMortalityLead poisoningSmoking and Second hand smoke
Key Findings
Other areas have seen increases or no change:
Health of Massachusetts highlights disparities in each chapter by race, ethnicity, gender, age, geography, and socio-economic status
FallsGestational DiabetesHepatitisObesitySyphilisTraumatic Brain Injury
Asthma (Adult)AutismChlamydiaC-SectionDiabetesDrug and Alcohol use
Community Assets
Community Infrastructure
Health Care Infrastructure
Worksite Policies and Programs
Individual Well-Being
• Parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities
• Safety policies
• Healthy eating policies
• Master plan development and community design
• On-site fitness facilities
• Healthy eating policies
• Occupational health and safety policies
• Access to health care facilities
• Access to health care practitioners
Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal Data System
(PELL)
MA Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
WIC Nutrition Program
New England Newborn Screening Program
Vital Statistics Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Early Intervention Program
Natality and Early Childhood
Distribution
Initial print run of 2,000 copies Regional Dialogues around the state
www.mass.gov/dph/healthofmassachusetts Links to related reports with more in-depth
information
Links to programs and bureaus that address those areas