MA Healthy Communities System

Tami Gouveia, MSW, MPHHealthy Communities System Managertgouveia@glfhc.org978-722-2862

June, 2011Prevention Caucus

Massachusetts Healthy Communities System

What is a Healthy Community?

• Easily identified by physical characteristics, including clean streets and neighborhoods, safe and affordable housing, access to safe green and recreation spaces, community engagement, and access to healthy foods.

A Healthy Community makes the healthy choice the easy choice.

Premier statewide resource for technical assistance, training, and consulting for healthy communities in a way that: • involves and mobilizes key stakeholders;• builds and sustains community infrastructure

through quality relationships; • addresses social and economic factors which

affect community health; and• results in data-driven work that improves

people’s health.

• 6 regional centers and MA Partnership for Healthy Communities.

• Governed by a Leadership Council.

• 35 staff statewide with expertise in public health and prevention:

– obesity prevention

– substance abuse prevention

– violence prevention

– teen pregnancy prevention

• We build healthy communities by applying our expertise in:

– strategic planning

– evaluation and program monitoring

– partnership and coalition development

– assessment

– community mobilization

Going Upstream to Root Causes

We build healthy communities by going upstream to identify and

address the root causes of illness and disease.

Thank you!

Tami Gouveia, MSW, MPH

Healthy Communities System Manager

978-722-2862

tgouveia@glfhc.org

MA Healthy Communities System

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