Our Work at the Public Health Commission

Explore public health data, reports, and dashboards. This information is analyzed by the Center for Public Health Science and Innovation.

We're using data to reduce overdoses and addiction-related disparities in Boston. We empower organizations with the tools and skills to prevent overdose in their communities, with a focus on populations disproportionately affected by opioid overdoses.

Wastewater monitoring is a new public health tool to warn communities about the presence of viruses like flu, COVID-19, measles, or RSV before infected individuals even know they are sick, and often before their symptoms begin.

Our Environmental and Occupational Health Division protects people from exposure to health hazards in homes, workplaces, and public spaces, prioritizing health equity and environmental justice.

We work with city, state, regional and national partners to mitigate and adapt to climate change and promote health equity.

We protect and support residents from potential health hazards in homes, businesses, and public spaces. We work with residents and community partners to create a healthier environment where we live, work, and play.

This program recognizes businesses that go above and beyond to ensure green and clean practices.

We help ensure safe practices at auto shops, nail salons, and hair salons through outreach and training.

Our trainings, outreach, and education programs aim to build capacity across our city to promote the health and well-being of our residents.

We focus on prevention and management of chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer through healthy eating, active living, early detection screening, and addressing social determinants of health.

Chronic Diseases are diseases that last a long time. Chronic diseases can be prevented and managed by lifestyle choices such as eating patterns, physical activity, and other health behaviors.

Preventing unintentional injuries in Boston residents of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, and economic statuses.

Coupons provide temporary transportation to and from cancer treatments.

The Don’t Burn It Campaign strives to prevent youth from tobacco initiation and use with cigarette prevention messaging.

Check out our nutrition education series "The Healthy Boston Speaker Series". This page also includes resources on nutrition and access to healthy foods.

The Pink and Black campaign focuses on health disparities for breast cancer outcomes in ethnic minority communities.

The citywide effort promotes walking and biking to school, and supports neighborhoods and the community to work toward making walking to school safe, popular, and fun. We work to create safer streets and conditions for children to get to school safely.

Our gym and pool are open seven days a week. Stay active with our weight and cardio equipment available to gym members. Check out our hours, membership rates, and more.

The Office of Violence Prevention partners with communities to prevent and address violence and related trauma. Our goal is to provide support so that all residents and neighborhoods can thrive.

The Center offers services to people impacted by gender-based violence like domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and more.

SSYI utilizes a comprehensive public health approach to outreach, engagement, case management and service delivery to increase positive outcomes for adolescents and young adults ages 17-24.

We partner with Boston community organizations, service providers and residents to address and prevent multiple forms of violence and related trauma by supporting strengths and assets so all residents and neighborhoods thrive.