[Excerpt of article by Hannah Qu, 11/19/2021]
The 28-member Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health met for the first time Wednesday, following its establishment by Governor Ned Lamont in a summer bill that declared racism a public health crisis in Connecticut.
[Excerpt of news report by Nicole Leonard, CT Public Radio, 11/14/2021]
A community hospital that’s been delivering babies for 88 years at its site in the Willimantic section of Windham is now seeking final approval from the state to end its obstetrics program.
Windham Hospital leaders say labor and delivery at the facility has become unsafe due to a drop in birth volume and a lack of qualified obstetricians available to consistently staff the unit. But community activists argue a permanent closure will disproportionately hurt the town’s most vulnerable residents.
DataHaven received significant statewide press coverage in October following the release of its Town Equity Reports and Summer 2021 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey results! Some representative examples include:
Oct. 28, 2021
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Update: The full 2021 dataset, based on over 9,000 interviews conducted through the end of 2021, is discussed in a February 2022 data release.
PDF version of October 2021 press release, which was based on the initial 5,145 interviews conducted from June to August of 2021:
Oct. 6, 2021
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[Excerpt of front page article by Brian Zahn, Sunday, October 3, 2021]
WEST HAVEN — A recent report shows economic and health disparities along racial and ethnic lines in the city, revealing gaps between white residents and Black and Hispanic residents in several indicators of wealth and wellness.
Oct. 5, 2021
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Economy, Education, Health, Housing
Excerpt of news coverage by Meghan Freidmann, September 18, 2021, New Haven Register:
HAMDEN — The town’s neighborhoods with the greatest percentage of residents identifying as white have a higher average life expectancy than areas with more residents of color, who are more likely to experience adverse health outcomes, according to a new DataHaven report and 2020 census results.
Sep. 20, 2021
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