The Community Guide (www.thecommunityguide.org http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/node/www.thecommunityguide.org ) is a free resource from the epidemiology branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US. It provides summaries and recommendations from systematic reviews that they conduct on broad public health topics. The Community Guide is a great place to look for answers to questions on:

* Which program and policy intervention has been proven effective? * Are there effective interventions that are right for my community? * What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?

Also, a friendly reminder that MHIKNET Library Services will be closed from Friday December 23, 2011, re-opening Tuesday January 3, 2012.

Orvie Dingwall, BA, MLIS, AHIP

Outreach Services Librarian

Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library

University of Manitoba

email: mailto:orvie_dingwall@umanitoba.ca orvie_dingwall@umanitoba.ca

phone: 204.977.5660

website: http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/ http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/