Massachusetts Resources

• Ahec Program of the Massachusetts Area Health Education Center system and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Healthcare access, community coalitions and materials and resources for providers.
• Healthy Communities Massachusetts (AHEC) Network of coalitions and local organizations designed to stimulate community-based collaboration and innovation through resource exchange and training.

Clinical Preventive Guidelines

• Clinical Preventive Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Access to scientific evidence, recommendations on clinical preventive services, and information on how to implement recommended preventive services in clinical practice.
• Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition, 1996 Report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Provides the latest available recommendations on preventive interventions: screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprophylactic regimens for more than 80 conditions.

Community Health Resources

• Association for Community Health Improvement This membership association offers educational materials, web resources, and news items focused on building healthy communities.
• Healthy People 2010 National health promotion and disease prevention initiative.

Public Health

• American Public Health Association
• Public Health Foundation

Culturally Appropriate Services

• The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture Supported by the US Department of Health & Human Services and developed by Management Sciences for Health. Features an interactive quiz that helps users enhance their knowledge and skills. The guide has 11 modules on topics such as common health problems in selected minority, ethnic and cultural groups, and understanding immigrant, refugee and minority populations. Each module contains readings, mnemonics, exercises, references and annotated links to other relevant Web resources.