（Boston Orange編譯）麻州公共衛生廳7月31日推出2026年「社區健康公平調查」，以匿名問卷方式搜集12歲以上居民生活經驗與健康需求，將用為未來制定政策與分配資源的重要依據。
這是「社區健康公平倡議」第三次舉辦調查，在2020年和2023年所做前兩次調查累積的資料，已廣泛運用於經費配置與方案設計，全州超過150個組織曾引用這些數據爭取補助或調整服務內容。
今年的問卷同樣不記名，也不會細問移民身分等個人資訊。題目涵蓋就醫、居住、交通、教育、工作等層面，並新增移民經歷及近期移民政策對心理健康的影響。調查將一路進行到11月，預計2027年公布完整結果。
公共衛生專員高德斯坦（Robbie Goldstein）表示，在民眾對公部門信心低迷之際，這項調查提供了一個具體的溝通管道，讓向來被忽略的社區有機會發聲。他說：「公共衛生要能發揮作用，前提是大家願意信任它。」而信任的基礎，來自於決策者真正理解民眾的處境與需求。
這份問卷特別鎖定經常被傳統數據系統排除的群體，包括長者、特殊需求兒童的家長、青少年、LGBTQ+族群、有色人種、身心障礙者、新移民、孕婦、鄉村居民及退伍軍人等。問卷提供11種語言版本，包含中文簡繁體、西班牙語、越南語、俄語、美式手語等，填寫時間約15到30分鐘。
麻州衛生廳呼籲所有居民踴躍上網（mass.gov/HealthSurvey）作答，讓政策更貼近真實需求，朝健康公平再邁進一步。
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Launches Statewide Community Health Equity Survey
Third survey will inform and prioritize future public health action using timely data
BOSTON (August 4, 2026) – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is inviting residents across the state to help shape future public health decisions by participating in the 2026 Community Health Equity Survey. The anonymous survey will help inform policies, programs, and services by gathering information about residents’ experiences, needs, and priorities.
Building on findings from the 2020 and 2023 survey cycles, the 2026 Community Health Equity Survey (CHES) will continue to assess and address social and structural factors that affect health among Massachusetts residents aged 12 years and older, with a focus on communities disproportionately impacted by structural racism and other drivers of health inequity.
The survey is part of DPH’s Community Health Equity Initiative (CHEI), which uses community engagement and data to better understand the health of Massachusetts residents and the barriers that affect it.
“The Community Health Equity Initiative offers residents across Massachusetts a real voice in shaping the public health priorities that affect their lives,” said Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD. “At a moment when trust in public institutions is fragile and too many communities feel overlooked or under threat, CHEI represents an important way to listen and to hear. Public health works only when people believe in it. By pairing the lived experiences of residents with rigorous data, CHEI helps us build strategies that are more responsive, more equitable, and more worthy of trust.”
The survey launched July 31 and will remain open through November 2026. Co-designed with residents and community partners across Massachusetts, the survey builds on findings from the previous cycles while examining residents’ priorities, experiences, and needs in today’s environment.
Both the 2020 and 2023 surveys generated invaluable data that continue to inform where investments are allocated, programs are developed, and services are provided. Findings are available on the mass.gov/chei webpage in various formats, including dashboards, data tables, and reports. So far, more than 150 organizations across the state have accessed CHEI data to advance their work, including to secure grant funding, inform programming, and advocate for policies that improve the well-being of their communities.
New topics in the 2026 survey include residents’ immigration experiences and the mental health impacts of recent immigration policies and practices, alongside questions about access to healthcare, housing, transportation, education, employment, and other factors that influence health.
The Community Health Equity Survey is voluntary, anonymous, does not ask for identifying information, such as immigration status, and cannot be connected back to residents in any way.
DPH wants to hear from a broad range of Massachusetts residents, including people and communities often disproportionately impacted by health inequities and that are often underrepresented in traditional health data systems. These communities include older adults (aged 60+), parents and caregivers of children and youth with special healthcare needs, youth and young adults (aged 12 to 24), people identifying as LGBTQ+, people of color, people with disabilities, people whose primary language is not English, people with immigration experience, pregnant people and parents of young children, rural residents, and veterans.
Massachusetts residents aged 12 and older can take the survey. It takes approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete and is available in the following languages: Arabic, American Sign Language (ASL), Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
CHES 2026 results and resources will be made available online to the public starting in 2027.
To participate in the Community Health Equity Survey, visit mass.gov/HealthSurvey
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