MPHA Issue Priorities
MPHA's issue priorities
are chosen to have maximum impact on improving public health, to strengthen the organized constituency for public health, and to complement the work of organizational partners.
With a statewide membership and offices in Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, we use a combination of advocacy, public education, community organizing,
policy development, and coalition leadership to address
the following issues:
- The Act FRESH Campaign
Increasing access to healthy affodable food and safe public space for physical activity. - Public Health Funding
- Community Health Workers
- Environmental Health
- Local Public Health
- Pandemic Flu and Emergency Preparedness
- Health Care Access
Past Priorities