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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Department of Public Health (DPH) Commissioner John Auerbach held his fourth Southeast Regional Health Dialogue on April 16, 2010 at the at the Woodland Commons of UMass-Dartmouth. The Commissioner used the forum to announce the release of the MDPH report The Health of Massachusetts and to lead a discussion with community partners about identified local health priorities. One of eight similar forums held around the state, the event included a panel presentation on Community Wellness by leaders of the Mass In Motion projects in Fall River and New Bedford as well as the new VOICES for a Healthy SouthCoast initiative. The Commissioner then fielded questions from the audience that ranged from concerns about the high childhood lead levels in New Bedford to concern about support for local public health offices which are severely understaffed. Click to see photos from the third, second, and first Regional Health Dialogues. For more information about these dialogues, contact Southeast Mass. Regional Health Center director Ron O''Connor at 781-774-6608. (Bottom six photos courtesy Ron O'Connor)
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(Top row, left
) Fairhaven
Public Health Agent Patricia Fowle, Dartmouth
Public Health Director Wendy Henderson, UMass
Graduate School of Nursing student Claudia Mills, UMass nursing school
faculty member Marie Grungo, UMass nursing school faculty member Jeanne
Leffers, and Boston University Associate
Dean of Public Health Harold D. Cox talk together before the start of the
event. (Top row, center) Dartmouth Public Health Director Wendy Henderson
welcomes the audience and praises DPH for its response to the H1N1
crisis. (Top row, right) DPH Commissioner John Auerbach describes both
the achievements and the challenges of the public health system and
praised the work of local public health officers and school nurses in
responding to the recent H1N1 crisis. (Second row, left) New
Bedford Immigrants' Assistance Center Executive Director Helena Marques
holds a copy of The
Health of Massachusetts, just published and available on-line. (Second
row, center) New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang praises the work of the City's
health department and the school nurses before underscoring the
importance of all aspects of health. (Third row, left) New Bedford Mass In
Motion Coordinator Pauline
Hamel describes their planning progress over the past year. (Third
row, center) VOICES
for a Healthy SouthCoast
Co-chair Donna Querim describes the objectives of that initiative. (Third
row, right) Fall
River Mass In Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly talks about the
process of making system, policy and environment changes. (Bottom row) Healthy
City Fall River Coordinator David S. Weed, Psy.D. notes the many
public health prevention efforts underway in the Southcoast before New
Bedford Public Health Director Marianne DeSouza and Southeast Mass. Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Director Carmen Maiocco centered at
UMass-Dartmouth. |
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