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Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc.

Contact Information
PO Box 356 30 Ennis Rd
N. Oxford, MA 01537
Telephone: (508) 987-2056
Fax: (508) 987-2002

Email:
cbdiabetes@aol.com
Web:
http://www.bartoncenter.org
The Barton Center enhances the lives of people with diabetes, especially young people and their families, through creative programs that educate, support, and encourages health and confidence.
Boston AIDS Consortium, Inc.

Contact Information:
140 Clarendon St
Boston, MA 02116-5169
Telephone: (617) 867-0144
Fax: (617) 424-6594

Email:
bacstaff@bacboston.org
Web:
http://www.bacboston.org
By facilitating community discussion, through community planning, and advocacy with other agencies, the BAC seeks to ensure access to services for all people living with HIV, those at risk, and others affected by the epidemic.
Healthquarters, Inc.

Contact Information
19 Broadway
Beverly, MA 01915
Telephone: (978) 927-9824
Fax: (978) 922-5904

Email:
info@healthq.org
Web:
http://www.healthq.org
Health Quarters provides health education and medical care in Northeastern Massachusetts. We promote sexual health and well-being and prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Latino Health Institute, Inc.

Contact Information
95 Berkeley St Ste 600
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: (617) 350-6900
Fax: (617) 350-6901

Email:
webmaster@lhi.org
Web:
http://www.lhi.org
The Latino Health Institute is a community-based professional organization that promotes the health of the community, its institutions, families, and individuals through effective interventions that are culturally competent and technologically appropriate.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Contact Information
250 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108-4619
(617) 624-6000

Web:
http://www.magnet.state.ma.
us/dph/dphhome.htm

Their mission is to serve all the people in the Commonwealth, particularly the undeserved, and to promote healthy people, healthy families, healthy communities and healthy environments through compassionate care, education and prevention.
Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse

Contact Information
Telephone: 617/536-0501 x209

Email:
lshipley@tmfnet.org
Web:
http://www.maclearinghouse.com/
The Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse, a statewide resource funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, distributes health promotion materials on the following high-priority health topics: breast and cervical cancer, diabetes, immunization, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis, prostate cancer, and wellness/nutrition/physical activity.
South Cove Community Health Center, Inc.

Contact Information:
145 South St
Boston, MA 02111
Telephone: (617) 521-6715
Fax: (617) 521-6799

Email:
tmyoung@scchc.org
Web:
http://www.scchc.org
Their mission is to provide affordable and accessible health care primarily to the Asian community in the Boston region with linguistically and culturally appropriate services.


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