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The Health Improvement Team, part of the Department of Community Health at Cambridge Health Alliance, works to shine light on strengths, concerns, and priorities related to community health. This page is for community members and leaders interested in exploring and using our analyses, reports, and recommended resources.
The 2025 CHA Regional Wellbeing Report is the product of a collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) process that centered community voices to examine the strengths and challenges of CHA service area communities. The Main Takeaways provides a summary of 10 Key Findings, plus links to additional data. The complete Wellbeing Report is coming soon!
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Click the links below to access the Main Takeaways in your language.
Community Data Profiles contain statistics related to Community Demographics, Social Determinants of Health, and Health Outcomes in each community in CHA's primary service area. Click the name of each community to download its data profile. Guidance on how to navigate the data and content is provided on the last page of each profile. These profiles contain the most current data publicly available as of August 2025.
The CHA Health Improvement Team Tableau Public site offers interactive visualizations of community data to explore selected topics more deeply. Visit the site at this link: https://bit.ly/CHA-Community-Health-Tableau-Public
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Since 2022, CHA's Wellbeing Reports have included communities across our service area. Prior to 2022, Wellbeing Reports were developed for individual cities. Click the button below each cover image to access these past reports.
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The Health Improvement Team collaborates with community partners and participates in coalitions to examine and report on health needs and strengths. Specific community health topics, like food systems and oral health, are explored in deep-dive assessments as well. Click the button below each description to access these reports.
The Oral Health Assessment provides a novel approach to community oral health needs assessment in Everett and Malden. It was led by the CHA Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, with collaboration from the Health Improvement Team.
CHA partnered with Massachusetts General Hospital and MelroseWakefield Healthcare to carry out a collaborative community health needs assessment - testing a regional, multi-hospital approach to assessment.
Food systems are an important part of community health. The Malden Community Food Assessment is a collaboration of Bread of Life, CHA, YWCA/Malden is Moving! and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
The North Suffolk Public Health Collaborative is an initiative of the communities of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. CHA participates as a member of the steering committee.
Assessment begins with listening. Our approach to assessment revolves around asking questions that matter, lifting up community members’ priorities, centering equity, and collaborating to create solutions. We developed a framework to guide our approach, informed by experiences, lessons, and practices from our own communities and others around the country. Our framework is always evolving. Click the link below to view and learn more.
CHA Community Wellbeing Assessment & Improvement Framework
Contact us through the Health Improvement Team page