Recording posted! Rural Health Equity Webinar
November 18, 2025
Rural Realities: Advancing Health Equity in Western MA's Rural Communities
Access materials from the November 14, 2025 webinar, Rural Realities: Advancing Health Equity in Western MA's Rural Communities, which featured State Senator Jo Comerford, Laura Kittross, Public Health Program Manager, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Lisa Ranghelli, Director of Assessment and Capacity Building, Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, and Phoebe Walker, Director of Community Health, Franklin Regional Council of Governments, with moderation by Andrea Freeman, Policy Director, Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts.
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Links shared
- Rural Realities: Financial Insecurity and Health Inequities in Our Rural Communities
- MA DPH Community Health Equity Initiative
- Coalition of Western Massachusetts Hospitals/Insurer Community Health Needs Assessments:
- Baystate Health Community Health Needs Assessments
- Mercy Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment
- Berkshire Health and Health New England CHNAs will be available soon!
- Public Health Excellence Grant Program
- Rural Health Transformation Program
- Franklin-Hampshire Public Health Training Hub
- Berkshire-Hampden Public Health Training Hub
- FRCOG, Age & Dementia Friendly Communities
- Age & Dementia Friendly Franklin County & North Quabbin
- Berkshire Overdose Addiction Prevention Collaborative (BOAPC)
- UPCOMING EVENT- LIVE Special National Rural Health Day Event, November 20, 2025
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