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Bay State Community Services

 

Quincy Medical Center

 

Regional Center for Healthy Communities

 

South Shore Mental Health Center

 

CHNA Home Page at D.P.H.

 

Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 26 http://www.health.org/govpubs/BKD250/

 

Information about alcohol use for the elderly http://www.niapublications.org/agepages/alcohol.asp

 

FAQ' s on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/FAQs/General-English/

How to Cut Down on Your Drinking Brochure http://www.health.org/govpubs/ph372/

NHSDA: Tobacco and Alcohol Use Tables - 2.1 to 2.111 (Prevalence Estimates) Tables 2.23 A & B and 2.24 A & B are relevant http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2kdetailedtabs/Vol_1_Part_2/V1P2.htm

Substance Abuse and Mental Health among Older Americans: The State of the Knowledge and Future Directions http://www.samhsa.gov/aging/SA_MH_%20AmongOlderAdultsfinal102105.pdf

Resource Directory for Older People http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/ResourceDirectory.htm

BRFSS data for Community Health Network Areas (CHNAs) in Massachusetts for the years 1994 through 1999 http://www.mass.gov/dph/bhsre/cdsp/brfss/chna/brfsres.htm