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?
Learn more about the Community Guide, collaborators involved in its development and dissemination and methods used to conduct the systematic reviews.
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
From Research to Policy: Lessons from a Community Guide Review on Alcohol-Impaired Driving Laws
Laws to reduce the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of drivers save lives. A new case study examines translating this evidence into policy.
Evidence-Based Findings on Worksite Health Promotion Interventions
Evidence-based recommendations to assess health risks and reduce tobacco use are now available in a published Community Guide systematic review.
Did You Know?Telling others about the Community Guide can be easy with our accurate, time-saving slides, handout and other promotional materials.
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- 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
