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  • Wallingford Health Department Community Health Assessment 2023

    The Wallingford Health Department (WHD) serves the town of Wallingford, Connecticut. This community health assessment, created by DataHaven in partnership with WHD and published in December 2023, is designed to help partners and residents better understand the status of health—physical, mental, and environmental—in the Wallingford community.  More information is available at the Wallingford Health Department website. 

    Dec. 15, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Demographics, Health

  • Addressing Hartford’s Childhood Obesity Disparities

    [Excerpt of article by Belén Dumont, Published December 13, 2023] CT Latino News’ series—Hartford Children’s Health: Equitable Access—explores responses to complex systemic and cultural barriers across Connecticut’s capital that impact the daily health of its youngest residents. About 28,000 children and youth live in Hartford, one of the state’s most diverse communities that continues to address a variety of longstanding health-related disparities.

    Dec. 14, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Health

  • Advancing Racial Equity and Improving Communities in Connecticut with DataHaven’s Unique Survey

    [Article by Elizabeth Burton and Kathy Pettit at NNIP News, November 2023]

    Nov. 29, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • DataHaven's Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region's Challenges and Opportunities

    DataHaven’s Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region’s Challenges and Opportunities

    Nov. 27, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • To address mental health issues, Hartford offers free access to app

    [Excerpt of article by Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9/27/23] All Hartford residents, students, and employees will soon have access to a free one-year subscription for a mental health app to help address what officials say is a rise in anxiety and depression in the city. A new partnership with the mental health app, Headspace, and West Hartford’s wellness nonprofit, Copper Beech Institute will offer personalized content recommendations, everyday mindfulness and meditation activities, mental health tips, and information.

    Sep. 27, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Health

  • Join the Advisory Council for DataHaven's statewide survey - participant incentives available

    The DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey completed live, in-depth interviews with over 45,000 randomly-selected adults in every town in Connecticut in recent years, producing robust local-level information (such as data included in the Town Equity Reports) on the issues that are most relevant to community well-being. This survey has been supported by over 100 public and private partners throughout Connecticut, and will be fielded again beginning in early 2024.

    Sep. 19, 2023

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

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