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Category: Health Data and Research

State of LGBTQ+ Survey

We need your help! This research study focuses on learning more about LGBTQ+ people aged 50 and older across the country, including their experiences, needs, and resiliencies as they get […]

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Take the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey

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Food Access Resources – Updated 9-10-20

The Cape Cod and the Islands Regional Network on Homelessness COVID-19 Emergency Planning Team has compiled information on programs and sites in Barnstable County where prepared meals and pre-bagged groceries […]

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Cape Cod Health Care’s Community Health Needs Assessment Provides Critical Information

Every two years, Cape Cod Hospital, Falmouth Hospital and their parent organization Cape Cod Healthcare (CCHC) prepare a Community Health Needs Assessment which provides critical information on significant health needs of […]

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Fair Shot for All Seeks Parents for Child Care Survey

Fair Shot For All is a new non-profit whose mission is to educate and mobilize people to work together to reverse the growing gap in income and wealth in Massachusetts and […]

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New Substance Use Issue Briefs Published

The Barnstable County Department of Human Services is producing a series of issue briefs for the Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council (RSAC) that present factual information on an array […]

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Prediabetes – What you don’t know…

86 million US adults have prediabetes, and 90% of them don’t know they have it (CDC 1/25/2016).  One in three Massachusetts adults (apx. 1.8 million) have prediabetes, but 93% don’t […]

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Substance Use Resources Available for Parents and Teachers

Barnstable County Department of Human Services offers many substance use prevention tools and resources.  We have recently updated the Substance Use Resource Guide 8-2016  and have a limited supply of other […]

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Falmouth High Schools’ Evidence-based Survey Results are Promising

The Falmouth Prevention Partnership’s survey results of Falmouth High School students’ use of prescription drugs, hallucinogens, marijuana and alcohol found that lifetime use of prescription pain relievers has gone from 22.5% […]

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