Thanks to support from MA DPH and feedback from coalitions, in June 2015, the Community Health Training Institute created a tool that makes it easy to find coalitions working towards healthier communities in Massachusetts.
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Category: Health Equity
Powerful Tool for Coalitions: 2016 County Health Rankings
The RWJF 2016 County Health Rankings are out! Coalitions and community health stakeholders across the state will find useful information and actions in the interactive report. MA DPH encourages you to share this information with others in your community and to use these data and other data sources in community health assessment and planning.
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Health Equity and Systems Change: Are You Asking These 4 Key Questions?
This March, over 75 members of coalitions and others have joined us for our Health Equity Training Series — and the conversation continues. On May 21 our new webinar, Health Equity in Action: Taking the Next Steps, will follow up by going deeper into the practical application of equity practices.
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Better Health Through Local Policies: 11 Key Elements
“Getting a municipal policy enacted can be a slow slog, but along the way you learn a lot about your community and its people and you’re also part of a campaign that institutionalizes true, long-lasting change to improve public health,” says D.J. Wilson, of the MA Municipal Association.
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