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Middlesex Health Community Health & Well-Being Survey 2026

Welcome

Your voice matters! Middlesex Health and community partners would like to hear what you think about health and well-being in your community. Your ideas can help us learn what is important and how we can make the community healthier for everyone.

We would like to learn about the health and well-being needs of people who live or work within Middlesex County (Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Saybrook, Portland, and Westbrook) and the towns of Colchester, Lyme, Marlborough and Old Lyme.

When you answer this survey, please think about experiences, the people you know, and others in your community.

The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. Please try to answer all questions.

This is an anonymous survey. We will not collect your name or any personal information. We will only share answers as a group in a report.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! We really appreciate your help!

Click “OK” to begin the survey.
1.Below is a list of health problems. Please tell how much you think each one affects the health of people in your community.
Limited impact on community health and well-being
Moderate impact on community health and well-being
Significant impact on community health and well-being
Do Not Know
Arthritis
Asthma
Cancer
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
COVID-19
Dementia
Dental / oral health
Diabetes
Heart Disease / Congestive Heart Failure
Hypertension / High Blood Pressure
Maternal / Infant Health
Mental Health - Children
Mental Health - Adolescents
Mental Health - Adults
Overweight / Obesity
Respiratory Illnesses (influenza / flu, pneumonia, RSV)
Stroke
Substance Use Challenges / Substance Use Disorder
2.Please tell how much you think these issues affect the health and well-being of people in your community.
Limited impact on community health and well-being
Moderate impact on community health and well-being
Significant impact on community health and well-being
Do Not Know
Alcohol Abuse
Benzodiazepine Misuse / Abuse (Ativan, Klonopin, Valium, Xanax, etc.)
Cocaine Use (coke, crack)
E-cigarette Use / Vaping
Heroin use
Marijuana Overuse (cannabis, weed, pot, etc.)
Other Addictive and Illegal Drug Use (hallucinogens, inhalants, methamphetamine, etc.)
Prescription Opioid Misuse / Abuse (oxycodone/OxyContin®, hydrocodone/Vicodin®, fentanyl, codeine, morphine)
Other Prescription Drug Misuse / Abuse (barbiturates, tranquilizers, stimulants, sedatives, etc.)
Tobacco Use (cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, etc.)
3.These questions are about getting healthcare. When you think about getting healthcare, consider how many providers there are, how much it costs, how easy it is to get an appointment, what hours the office is open, if healthcare practices take new patients, etc.

A Provider is a person who helps take care of your health. This can be a doctor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, psychiatrist, dentist, social worker, and any other healthcare professional in a healthcare setting.

Please select how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about getting healthcare in your community.

There is NOT enough access to:
Strongly Disagree
Moderately/Somewhat Agree
Strongly Agree
Do Not Know
Affordable Medications
Affordable Quality Health Insurance
Caregiver Supports
Dental Care Providers and Services
End of Life Services
Geriatricians / Older Adult Providers and Services
LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer / questioning, intersex, asexual+) Services
Mental Health Providers and Services
People to help me find the healthcare services I need
Primary Care Providers
Providers accepting Medicaid, Medicare
Providers who are Bilingual
Providers who address the needs of populations in a way that is sensitive to culture, race and ethnicity
Providers of Color
Providers of Speciality Care
Substance Use Disorder Providers and Services
4.The next topic is on access to trusted health information.

Where do you go to get health information you trust? (please check all that apply)
5.How do you access the health information you trust? (please check all that apply)
6.Social drivers of health are the things around us that affect how healthy we are. These include where we are born, live, go to school, work, play, worship, and grow older. These things can help people stay healthy or make it harder to be healthy. They can also cause some groups of people to be less healthy than others.

Please tell us how much you think these things in people’s lives affect the health of the community.
Limited impact on community health and well-being
Moderate impact on community health and well-being
Significant impact on community health and well-being
Do Not Know
Crime and Violence Exposure
Discrimination / Institutional Racism (societal patterns and structures that impose oppressive or otherwise negative conditions on the basis of race or ethnicity)
Food Insecurity (lack of access to affordable and healthy foods)
Housing Instability (lack of access to affordable housing; homelessness)
Lack of Access to Childcare / Affordable Childcare
Lack of Access to High-Speed Internet
Lack of Access to Preschool / Pre-Kindergarten
Lack of Access to Transportation
Lack of Affordable Utilities
Limited Health Literacy (the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information / services needed to make appropriate health decisions)
Poverty / Limited Income
Social Isolation and Loneliness
Unemployment / Underemployment
7.Please select the community or communities that you represent.
8.Please feel free to add comments here:
Please hit the “Done” button to submit your responses.

Thank you very much for completing the survey and supporting community health and well-being as a priority! Your participation is greatly appreciated!
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