Welcome to the Mass Forum for Creating Healthier Communities!
MassForum VI Class
September 2008-June 2009
Member communities:
BROCKTON, DANVERS, LOWELL, MELROSE, MILFORD, MATTAPAN, NATICK, AND WINTHROP
The MassForum training series is part of the Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities and is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to engage and work with communities, organizations, and funders to support, develop and sustain healthier and safer communities. The Massachusetts Partnership works with the six Regional Centers for Healthy Communities to help community leaders to:
• Stimulate collaboration opportunities among public health and community leaders to build a healthier, safer community
• Improve a community’s ability to implement change
• Find new ways to help communities include their diverse populations
• Build on research, community wisdom and experience to implement effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies
This website provides individuals and groups with the tools to improve community health and an opportunity to share successes and experiences.We are a program of The Medical Foundation and are funded by the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Lahey Clinic Medical Center and Mass General Hospital.
A Healthy Community is...