What is the Community Guide?
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:
- Which program and policy interventions have 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?
More than 200 interventions have been reviewed and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services has issued recommendations for their use. Learn more about the guide, our systematic review methods, and the Community Guide team.
Ways to Use the Community Guide
- Policies Legislation, organizational policies…
- Programs or Services Planning, preventive services, employee health and wellness…
- Funding Grant development, funding proposals…
- Research Identifying gaps, setting priorities, study quality…
- Education Course development, training…
- General Use Identify what works, use resources wisely, build community support…
News & Announcements
Evidence-based Findings on Worksite Health Promotion Interventions
Evidence-based recommendations to assess health risks and reduce tobacco use are now available in a newly published Community Guide systematic review.
Prompting Healthcare Providers Can Increase Cancer Screenings
Systems that inform healthcare providers when individual clients are due or overdue for specific tests can increase cancer screenings.
Did You Know?Higher alcohol taxes can help prevent excessive drinking and save lives, according to a systematic review published in the February 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Task Force Meetings
2010
February 17-18
June 16-17
October 20-21
2011
February 16-17
June 15-16
October 19-20
Contact Us:
- Community Guide Branch
National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Mailstop E-69
Atlanta, GA 30333 - Community Guide
