Maine CDC Publishes 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Reports by County

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published the 2022 Maine Shared Community Heath Needs Assessment Reports (CHNA) by county. (Update) The 2022 Statewide Report is now available online.

The county-by-county reports note, “The pandemic is affecting different segments of the population more than others. The August 2021/COVID Resilience Survey showed that younger people, people of color, and those with lower incomes all had elevated stress (American Psychological Association). In Maine, Black or African Americans experience a disproportionate share of the COVID-19 burden as they are only 1.4% of Maine’s total population yet, as of January 19, 2022, makeup 3.1% of cases and hospitalizations (Maine DHHS).

Thus, the findings in the 2022 Maine Shared CHNA Reports which show the most often identified priorities such as mental health, substance and alcohol use, access to care, and social determinants of health take on new meaning and an increased sense of urgency.”

About the Maine CHNA

The Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment (Maine Shared CHNA) is a collaborative partnership between Central Maine Healthcare (CMHC), Northern Light Health (NLH), MaineGeneral Health (MGH), MaineHealth (MH), the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), and the Maine Community Action Partnership (MeCAP). By engaging and learning from people and communities and through data analysis, the partnership aims to improve the health and well-being of all people living in Maine. The mission of the Maine Shared CHNA is to: • Create shared CHNA reports, • Engage and activate communities, and • Support data-driven improvements in health and well-being for all people living in Maine.