Working to improve the quality of life in Fall River, Somerset, Swansea & Westport, Massachusetts

Welcome to the Partners Home Page!

We're working to improve the quality of your life! Whether it's better access to health care, or less harm from the use of tobacco or a reduced chance that you will develop heart disease, or any of the many health promotion efforts of citizens and organizations in our local area, Partners for a Healthier Community is the group that works for you.

Check out what we're doing by clicking on the buttons to the left. Read About Partners is organized and how you can join our Work Groups to get the important work of prevention done in this community. Find out how you can participate in the Healthy City Fall River Initiative. Learn what our young people are doing to promote health on our Youth page. Find a health or human service organization that can provide the services you need by clicking on our health Resources page, developed in cooperation with the United Way of Greater Fall River. Learn the results from the 1994-1999 Behavioral Risk Factor survey at our Needs Assessment page. Read the Meeting Minutes of our latest Steering Committee meeting, read selected articles from our Newsletter or check our Calendar for listings of upcoming meetings and events. And, find Web Links to other web pages that will give you more health-related information state-wide.

If you or an organization you belong to would like to become involved in Partners by joining one of our Work Groups or collaborating in health promotion activities, e-mail us at drweed@cox.net and we'll contact you to explain how you can join us. Working together is how Partners is making the Greater Fall River Area a better place to live!

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