• Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Health Project: Multicultural Health Information Dissemination, a project to get prevention and wellness information out into our communities.
• Youth Health Literacy Initiative: A program for developing informed, engaged younger health care consumers.
• April 2014 Health Policy Conference: The Integration of Behavioral and Medical Healthcare.
• State House Health Fair: For Legislators and their Staffs -- April 30, 2014!
• June 2014  Annual Meeting: Store Front Health Care: Exploring  New Delivery Model

What does my contribution to MA Health Council achieve?

Since 1920, the Massachusetts Health Council has been a leader in promulgating initiatives that improve the health status of the residents of Massachusetts. Just a snapshot ... to see more, view our History page:

2000’s

• Successful fight for Smoke Free Workplaces
• Medication awareness outreach programs
• Member of coalition that fought for and saw passage of health care reform in Massachusetts
• 6  editions of “Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Preventable Determinants of Health”
• Widespread promotion of  workplace wellness
• Fight for better school nutrition -- passage of school nutrition bill July 2010
• Advocating and promoting a prevention and wellness agenda for schools, workplaces, communities and government agencies
• Advocating for support and expansion of health education in schools
• Establishment of Prevention Caucus for Massachusetts State Legislature March 2011