For Immediate Release: 6/26/2015 1:21 pm
Worcester, MA (June 26, 2015) - The City of Worcester's Division of Public Health, in partnership with Fallon Health and UMass Memorial, invites all community members in central Mass. to take a survey as a component of the 2015 Greater Worcester Community Health Assessment (CHA).
The CHA is a collaborative effort to collect information on the health challenges, health behaviors and health priorities of the community. It will combine qualitative and quantitative data to answer the questions: What does a healthy region look like, and what more do we need to get there?
The CHA will include the communities of the Central MA Regional Public Health Alliance, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Shrewsbury, West Boylston and Worcester. Over 50 organizations serve in an advisory capacity to inform the CHA's development.
The anonymous survey, which should take about 15 minutes to complete and is available in multiple languages, is available online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2015WCHA . The data will be used to inform the Greater Worcester Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and therefore the strategies and objectives that will be pursued to address the health concerns in the region.
"The 2015 CHA represents an unprecedented level of community engagement for the City and demonstrates the expansion of community partnerships through the CHIP," said Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Medical Director of the Worcester Division of Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Surgery at UMass.
"This survey will help us to determine our greatest health needs as a region and will allow us to build upon existing initiatives with a focus on continued improvement. It supports our long term vision of being the healthiest city in the healthiest region in New England by 2020," said City Manager Edward M. Augustus.
For more information on the CHA, visit our CHIP/CHA page.
