Library of Publications

Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report: Highlights

August 14, 2019

UMass Boston Gerontology Institute and Tufts Health Plan Foundation

The Highlights Report presents a snapshot of findings from the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report intended to generate dialogue and action.

MassHealth: The Basics (Facts and Trends)

August 12, 2019

Commonwealth Medicine: University of Massachusetts Medical School

This updated edition of the MassHealth: The Basics chart pack provides new data on MassHealth enrollment and spending from the most recent state fiscal years available, as well as a high-level overview and status update on the state’s delivery system reform efforts.

A Profile of Health among Massachusetts Adults, 2017

July 31, 2019

MA Dept of Public Health

This report summarizes selected results from the combined landline and cell phone portions of the 2017 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System of adults aged 18 and older.

2017 Massachusetts State Health Assessment

July 31, 2019

MA Dept of Public Health

MA Department of Public Health staff worked in collaboration with other state agencies, along with a diverse set of stakeholders and organizations from across the state, to develop this comprehensive narrative on the health status of the residents of Massachusetts.

Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults

July 21, 2019

Ann Haas, Philip Rodgers, and Jody Herman

This report by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law describes key findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.

Youth Violence in Massachusetts 2009-2017 Summary Data

July 11, 2019

MDESE and MDPH

Data from the MA Youth Risk Behavior Survey and MA Youth Health Survey around violence.

Environmental Scan of Older Adult Behavioral Health: Training & Advocacy Implications

July 11, 2019

MAMH

Executive Summary of the Environmental Scan of Older Adult Behavioral Health: Training and Advocacy Implications report compiled by MAMH.

The State of Mental Health in America 2018

July 11, 2019

Mental Health America

The report is a collection of data across all 50 states and the District of Columbia to measure and assess prevalence, access to care, and barriers to care for mental health issues and substance use disorders in adults and youths.

A national and across-state profile on Adverse Childhood Experiences among U.S. children and possibilities to heal and thrive

July 11, 2019

The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI)

This issue brief offers hope and a way forward so that all children and their families can attain optimal physical, social, and emotional development and well-being.

Adversity in Childhood & Childhood Trauma

July 11, 2019

SAMHSA

Project AWARE document adapted from the Now Is The Time Webinar by Chris Blodgett, PhD, with Christina Pate, PhD.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report 2007–2017

July 11, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The data tables and trends report from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

Report on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health

June 25, 2019

United Nations

This report elaborates on the critical role of the social and underlying determinants of health in advancing the realization of the right to mental health.