You and Your Community

As a healthcare provider, you can help make your community healthier by implementing these simple and effective strategies:

• Lead by example - adopt a healthy lifestyle.
• Accrue and maintain knowledge about best practices and behavior interventions to promote healthy habits and reduce risky behavior.
• Disseminate information about healthy lifestyle to your patients, colleagues and the community.
• Explore partnerships with community organizations to implement disease prevention initiatives.
• Practice evidence-based prevention and educate your patients about the importance of it.
• Adopt health information technology systems to assist you with your work.

InfaNET Nutrition Website

This site provides best practice infant feeding information specifically on breastfeeding for child care providers. Use as a resource for FSNE/EFNEP agents, WIC educators and public health professionals who work with infants and their parents.

Colorado State University: InfaNET Nutrition Website

Preventive Services

Gain access to scientific evidence, recommendations on clinical preventive services, and information on how to implement recommended preventive services in clinical practice.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Preventive Services