First Annual Hyde Park Health and Wellness Summit: Equitable Healthcare at a Crossroads

Please join us for The First Annual Hyde Park Health and Wellness Summit: Equitable Healthcare at a Crossroads: Addressing Boston’s Medical Deserts – Starting in Hyde Park

When: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Time: 9am to 1:30pm
Where: The Pryde, Hyde Park, MA

Hyde Park residents have come together to address health disparities, including limited access to primary care services, preventative care, and health education that challenge our
neighborhood. We seek a responsive health care center that can begin to provide services
tailored to the diverse needs of our community, assisting those lacking health care options and
dealing with maternal health, chronic health, and mental health issues.

● Hyde Park had the highest infant mortality rate of any Boston neighborhood from 2012 –
2021 (7.8 deaths per 1,000 live births). The neighboring community of Roslindale had
the lowest infant mortality rate in the city (2.4 deaths per 1,000 live births).

● The burden of mental health illness in our community is significant – the percentage of
Hyde Park residents reporting anxiety, 23.1%, is over 9% greater than the city at large
and Hyde Park’s suicide rate per 100,000 people of 7%, is 9.6% higher than the city at
large.

● 13.2% of Hyde Park residents have a disability, over 5,000 people

● The rate of hospital encounters for asthma for Hyde Park residents is over 8% greater
than for the city at large.

● Currently, 9,000 people in Hyde Park live below the federal poverty level
.
● Hyde Park has a higher percentage of both renters (49%) and homeowners (30%) who
are more Housing Cost Burdened than those in the city at large.

● Hyde Park has a significantly diverse makeup of the neighborhood, which is 45.7 %
Black, 24.7% Latino, 21.9% White, 2.2% Asian, and 4.2% people of two or more races.
This substantiates the need for culturally relevant, responsive, and accessible health
care.

● The recent closure of a nearby hospital has expanded the medical desert in the
community and created further urgency for a community health care center

It is essential that we bring services closer to home.