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1、THEHEALTHOFBOSTON2006ThomasM.MeninoMayorCityofBostonpreparedbyTheBostonPublicHealthCommissionDavidMulligan,ChairJohnAuerbach,ExecutiveDirectorMarch2006CopyrightInformationAllmaterialcontainedinthisreportisinthepublicdomainandmaybeusedandreprintedwithoutspecialpermis
2、sion;however,citationastothesourceisappropriate.SuggestedCitationTheHealthofBoston2006BostonPublicHealthCommissionResearchOfficeBoston,Massachusetts2006PREFACEIn1995,theLegislaturepassedandtheGovernorsignedlegislationestablishingtheBostonPublicHealthCommissionandreq
3、uiringittosubmitannualreportsonvariousmattersrelatedtopublichealthinthecityofBoston:Sect.8.(b)...thecommissionshallprepareandfilewiththemayor,thepresidentofthecitycouncilandthecityclerkanannualassessmentofthepublichealthneedsofthecity.Theannualpublichealthassessment
4、shallincludeanevaluationofexistinglocal,stateandfederalprogramsandservicestoaddressthepublichealthneedsofthecityandtheadequacyoffundingsourcesavailableforsuchprogramsandservices,anassessmentofprograms,servicesandotheractivitiesprovidedbyprivatepublichealthproviderst
5、oaddressthepublichealthneedsofthecity,includingidentificationofallvulnerablepopulationsinthecity,theperformanceofprovidersundercontractwiththecommissioninaccordancewiththisact,andproposalsbythecommissiontoenlargeorenhanceitsresponsetothepublichealthneedsofthecityinc
6、ludingnew,expandedorrevisedprogramsorservicestobeprovidedbythecommissionorbypublichealthprovidersundercontractwithitfortheensuingfiscalyear.TheHealthofBoston2006reportisthetenthinaseriesofannualreportsinresponsetothislegislation.ixACKNOWLEDGMENTS[NEEDSUPDATING]Thisr
7、eportwaspreparedbyMaryOstrem,DrPH,byPhyllisD.Sims,MS,LeslieChen,BS,DeniseDodds,PhD,andDanDooley,BAoftheBostonPublicHealthCommissionResearchOffice.ixTABLEOFCONTENTSPREFACE………………………………………………………………………………………………………iiiACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………………………………………………….…ivINT
8、RODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………..3BOSTON'SPEOPLEANDNEIGHBORHOODS[1]PopulationCharacteristicsPopulationbyCensusYear,Boston,19