Local Public Health Roundtable

On the agenda each time:

• What’s new in the world of local public health?
• What questions do you have?
• What good ideas do you have to share?

On the agenda for January:

• Vaccination rates — by county and by town (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-covid-19-vaccination-data-and-updates#weekly-covid-19-municipality-vaccination-data-)
• Testing discussion
• Emergency PPE access for public health
• local public health COVID survey results
• Messaging needed: Mass Notify, Boosters and First Doses
• Possible presentation on public health and private wells campaign
• Upcoming Clinics: Flyer here

Materials:

• FC Public Health CHNA Survey responses Fall 2021
• Age and Dementia Friendly Community Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/age-friendly-survey
• Resource Request Form v1.3  and the Catalogue: HMCC Available Resources v2.2

Join Zoom Meeting:

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84199405342?pwd=QVFPazduQnVZNEliVy9IT3ByMWNqUT09
• Meeting ID: 841 9940 5342
• Passcode: 178154
• One tap mobile: +16468769923,,84199405342#

Tobacco Cessation Resources:

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently launched Take the First Step, a campaign that educates adults about free resources designed to help them quit smoking, vaping, or using other tobacco or nicotine products. The campaign offers information about 1-800-QUIT-NOW, Massachusetts’ Quitline for tobacco/nicotine, and encourages residents to call for support or to connect online at mass.gov/quitting.

Research shows that getting support can double an individual’s chances of quitting for good.

 Take the First Step has ads, videos, and resources available in English and Spanish. It launched in December and will run through the beginning of March on a variety of digital channels and on social media; through billboards and print ads in select cities and towns across the Commonwealth, on Spanish television, and on radio.

A brochure about quitting, wallet cards with 1-800-QUIT-NOW information, and other materials relevant to quitting smoking, vaping, or other tobacco/nicotine use are available free of charge at the Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse.

Learn more about free resources to quit tobacco/nicotine and watch a video about 1-800-QUIT-NOW at mass.gov/quitting.  As you are able, we’d appreciate you passing along this information to your relevant programs and networks.

If you have questions or comments about the campaign and related materials, please contact Patti Henley at [email protected] or Rachel Cohen at [email protected] or your local Tobacco Free Community Partnership Program.