The Community Guide Staff
Community Guide staff provide scientific, technical, and administrative support to the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). The staff are based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and include epidemiologists, behavioral and social scientists, systematic review methodologists, statisticians, economists, clinicians, communication specialists, health educators, and policy experts. Community Guide staff members do the following:
- Coordinate systematic review teams
- Assure that each review is scientifically conducted according to approved methods
- Write and publish review findings
- Disseminate and participate in the translation of review findings to intended users including public health practitioners, policymakers, and researchers
- Create and maintain partnerships with representatives of intended user audiences
- Develop and refine systematic review methods
- Provide consultation and training about systematic reviews and developing evidence-based recommendations
Contact Community Guide Staff
Contact The Community Guide by email at communityguide@cdc.gov to request a speaker or for information about any of the following:
- How to use The Community Guide
- How to interpret CPSTF findings
- Ways to share information with others
- Questions about methodology
- Details about the next CPSTF meeting
- Places to find more information
- Problems with the website