CHNA:

Community Health Network Areas (CHNA)

A Community Health Network Area is a coalition that is comprised of public, non-profit and private sector individuals who are working together to build healthier communities though community-based prevention planning and health promotion.  CHNAs cover 351 Massachusetts towns and cities, split into 27 different geographic networks throughout the state.  There are six CHNAs in the Southeast.  Click below on the CHNA in your area to find the next meeting, latest updates and contact information for your CHNA.

The Southeast Center for Healthy Communities collaborates with the following CHNAs:

CHNA 22: Greater Brockton Community Health Network

• Serving the communities of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Holbrook, Stoughton, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

CHNA 23: Greater Plymouth Community Health Network Area

• Serving the communities of Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton and Rockland.

CHNA 24: Greater Attleboro and Taunton Health Education Response (GATHER)

• Serving the communities of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleborough, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton.

CHNA 25: Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community

• Serving the communities of Fall River, Somerset, Swansea and Westport.

CHNA 26: Greater New Bedford Health and Human Services Coalition

• Serving the communities of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham.

CHNA 27: Cape and Islands Community Health Network

• Serving the communities of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury and Yarmouth.