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The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program is a national initiative, begun in the 1970s, for improving the accessibility and quality of primary health care. The program was designed to encourage universities and educators to look beyond their institutions to partnerships that meet community health needs, working toward the goal of decentralizing health professions training and linking communities with academic health centers in partnerships that promote cooperative solutions to local health problems. Almost every state has an AHEC program. The program operates through contracts between the host medical school and regional AHEC centers. These centers may be independently incorporated, or they may be hosted by a local health care provider or community organization. They all must have an advisory board with membership drawn from the region served by the center. The nature of the programming undertaken by these centers varies greatly, depending upon state and academic resources and local needs, but almost always includes:
