Health and Social Services

Access to safe and quality options for physical activity and affordable healthy foods are essential to good health. This topic area shows the relationship between these factors, education and race/ethnicity.

People of color are more likely to have lower-paying, part-time jobs with lower benefits. Reduced access to these benefits creates barriers to preventative medical care.

Communities of color are more often marketing targets for unhealthy products. They are also less likely to receive advice and treatment for quitting tobacco.

See latest reports and scholarly publications for work-related asthma. Offered by the Occupational Health Surveillance Program.

This Population Health Information Tool (PHIT) dataset contains information about fatal work injuries in Massachusetts.

View data or report work-related injuries and illnesses to the Department of Public Health