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North Suffolk health assessment: Revere respondents report housing, mental health and access-to-care as top concerns
Summary
A regional community health assessment presented to the Revere Board of Health found housing affordability, behavioral and mental health, economic stability, environmental health and access to care were the five priority areas; the survey reached about 450 respondents from Revere and exceeded the statistical threshold for representativeness.
Vanessa Gordado Menhevar, regional epidemiologist for the North Suffolk Public Health Collaborative, presented preliminary findings from the collaborative’s 2024–25 community health assessment to the Revere Board of Health on an August public meeting.
The assessment drew about 450 Revere respondents — above the roughly 382 responses required to be statistically representative for a population of about 62,000 — and identified five priority themes: housing, behavioral and mental health, economic stability and mobility, environmental health, and access to care. “We are really trying to ensure that we’re reaching populations that are often underrepresented,” Gordado Menhevar said, noting outreach included in-person events to improve representation.
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