Publications About the Community Guide
Overview
Briss PA, Brownson RC, Fielding JE, Zaza S. Developing and using the Guide to Community Preventive Services: lessons learned about evidence-based public health. Ann Rev Pub Health 2004;25:281-302.
Truman BI, Smith-Akin CK, Hinman AR, et al. Developing the Guide to Community Preventive Services—overview and rationale. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):18-26.
Zaza S, Lawrence RS, Mahan CS, Fullilove M, Fleming D, Isham GJ, Pappaioanou M, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Scope and organization of the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):27-34.
Gerberding JL. Foreword to The Guide to Community Preventive Services: what works to promote health? 2005. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ix.
Fielding JE. Preface to The Guide to Community Preventive Services: what works to promote health? 2005. New York: Oxford University Press, p. xi.
Methods
Standard Community Guide review methods
Briss PA, Zaza S, Pappaioanou M, Fielding J, et al. Developing an evidence-based Guide to Community Preventive Services—methods. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):35-43.
Pappaioanou M , Evans CA, Jr. Development of the Guide to Community Preventive Services: a U.S. Public Health Service initiative. J Public Health Manag Pract 1998;4:48-54.
Zaza S, Wright-de Aguero L, Briss PA, et al. Data collection instrument and procedure for systematic reviews in the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):44-74.
Chapter 10: Methods used for reviewing evidence and linking evidence to recommendations (from the Community Guide Book)
Economic Methods
Vilma G. Carande-Kulis, Michael V. Maciosek, Peter A. Briss et al. Methods for systematic reviews of economic evaluations for the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):75-91.
Chapter 11: Understanding and using the economic evidence (from the Community Guide book)
Review-specific economic methods
Zaza S, Carande-Kulis VG, Sleet DA, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):23-30.
Anderson LM, Fielding JE, Fullilove MT, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to promote healthy social environments. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):25-31.
Ndiaye SM, Hopkins DP, Smith SJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of targeted vaccination strategies for The Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):238-47.
Commentaries and Other Related Publications
Chapter 12: Continuing research needs (from the Community Guide book)
Integrating Clinical Care and Community Health: Delivering Health. Fielding JE, Teutsch SM. JAMA July 15, 2009, 302(3):315-319.
McGinnis JM. With both eyes open: The Guide to Community Preventive Services Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):223-5.
Anderson LM, Brownson RC, Fullilove MT, et al. Evidence-based public health policy and practice: promises and limits Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):226-30.
Satcher D. Note from the Surgeon General [introducing the Community Guide]. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):inside front cover.
McGinnis JM , Foege W. Guide to Community Preventive Services: harnessing the science. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):1-2.
Kohatsu ND , Melton RJ. A health department perspective on the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):3-4.
Kerr DL , Davis RM. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: managed care/clinical practice commentary. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):5-6.
Duhl L. Guide to Community Preventive Services: a commentary. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S): 10-11.
Moulton AD, Mercer SL, Popovic T, Briss P, Goodman R, Thombley M, Hahn RA, Fox DM. The scientific basis for law as a public health tool. Am J Public Health 2009;99:17-24.
Omenn GS , Clark NM. The Guide to Community Preventive Services will be influential in academic health centers: education, research, and links with practice. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):12-4.
Ramsey SD. Methods for reviewing economic evaluations of community preventive services: a cart without a horse? Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):15-7.
Community Guide Publications by Topic
Adolescent Health
See Adolescent Health topic page for intervention summaries.
Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use
See Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use topic page for intervention summaries.
Evidence reviews
Campbell CA, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Briana Lawrence B, Middleton JC, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of limiting alcohol outlet density as a means of reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms. Am J Prev Med 2009;37(6):556-9.
Elder RW, Lawrence B, Ferguson A, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Chattopadhyay SK, Toomey TL, Fielding JE, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of tax policy interventions for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):217-29.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms by limiting alcohol outlet density. Am J Prev Med 2009;37(6):570-1.
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Increasing alcohol beverage taxes is recommended to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):230-2.
Asthma Control
See Asthma Control topic page for intervention summaries.
Crocker DD, Hopkins D, Kinyota S, et al. A Systematic Review of Home-Based Multi-Trigger Multi-Component Environmental Interventions to Reduce Asthma Morbidity. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2009; 123: S20-S20
Prevention of Birth Defects
See Prevention of Birth Defects topic page for intervention summaries.
Cancer Prevention & Control
Informed decision making
Evidence review
Briss PA, Rimer BK, Reilley B, et al. Promoting informed decisions about cancer screening in communities and healthcare systems: a conceptual background and systematic review from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):67-80.
Related publications
Sheridan SL, Harris RP, Woolf SH, et al. Shared decision making about screening and chemoprevention: a suggested approach from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):56-66.
Rimer BK, Briss PA, Zeller PK, et al. Informed decision making: what is its role in cancer screening? Cancer 2004;101(S5):1214-28.
Commentary
Kaplan RM. Shared medical decision making: a new tool for preventive medicine. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):81-3.
Screening
Evidence Reviews
Baron RC, Melillo S, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Habarta N, Chattopadhyay S, Sabatino SA, Elder R, Leeks KJ, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Intervention to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers: a systematic review of provider reminders. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(1):110-7.
Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, et al. Client-directed interventions to increase community access to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):56-66.
Baron RC, Rimer BK, Breslow RA, et al. Client-directed interventions to increase community demand for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):34-55.
Sabatino SA, Habarta N, Baron RC. Interventions to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers: systematic reviews of provider assessment and feedback and provider incentives. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):67-74.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for client- and provider-directed interventions to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):21-5.
Methods
Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of evidence on effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):26-33.
Commentaries
Yabroff KR. Interventions to improve cancer screening: commentary from a health services research perspective. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):6-9.
Hannon PA, Harris JR. Interventions to improve cancer screening: opportunities in the workplace. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):10-3.
Shepherd WL, Moore A. Task Force recommendations: application in the “real world” of community intervention. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):1-2.
Glanz K, Melvin C. How not to get lost in translation: implementing the recommendations and identifying research gaps. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):3-5.
Related publications
Breslow RA, Rimer BK, Baron RC, et al. Introducing the Community Guide’s reviews of evidence on interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):14-20.
See Cancer Prevention & Control topic page for intervention summaries.
Skin cancer
CDC. Preventing skin cancer. Findings of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on reducing exposure to ultraviolet light. MMWR 2003;52(RR-15):1-12.
Evidence review
Saraiya M, Glanz K, Briss PA, et al. Interventions to prevent skin cancer by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):422-66.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to prevent skin cancer by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):467-70.
Commentaries
Hill D. Skin cancer prevention: a commentary. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):482-3.
Koh HK, Geller AC. Skin cancer prevention comes of age. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):484-5.
Diabetes Prevention & Control
CDC. Strategies for reducing morbidity and mortality from diabetes through health-care system interventions and diabetes self-management education in community settings. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2001;50 (RR-16):1-15.
Evidence reviews
Norris SL, Nichols PJ, Caspersen CJ, et al. The effectiveness of disease and case management for people with diabetes: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):15-38.
Norris SL, Nichols PJ, Caspersen CJ, et al. Increasing diabetes self-management education in community settings: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):39-66.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for healthcare system and self-management education interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from diabetes. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):10-4.
Commentaries
McGinnis JM. Diabetes and physical activity. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):1-2.
Kriska A. Striving for a more active community. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):6-7.
See Diabetes Prevention & Control topic page for intervention summaries.
Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy
Evidence review
Herbst JH, Beeker C, Mathew A, et al. The effectiveness of individual-, group-, and community-level HIV behavioral risk reduction interventions for adult men who have sex with men: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S38-67.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for use of behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S36-7.
Evidence review
Hogben M, McNally T, McPheeters M, et al. The effectiveness of HIV partner counseling and referral services in increasing identification of HIV-positive individuals: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S89–100.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to increase testing and identification of HIV-positive individuals through partner counseling and referral services. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S88.
Commentaries
Reducing sexual risk behaviors
Stall R. Opportunities to improve AIDS prevention practice among MSM. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S);S29-S30.
Millett GA, Peterson JL. The known hidden epidemic; HIV/AIDS among Black MSM in the U.S. Am J Prev Med2007;32(4S);S31-S33.
Ramirez-Valles J. The quest for effective HIV-prevention interventions for Latino gay men. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S);S34-S35.
Partner counseling and referral services
Dooley, Jr. SW, Douglas, Jr. JM, Janssen RS. PCRS for HIV infection: New endorsement of an old approach. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S81-3.
Golden MR. HIV PCRS: Finally getting beyond the name. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S84-5.
Kissinger P, Malebranche D. Partner notification: Promising approach to reducing HIV/AIDS racial disparities in the U.S. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S86-7.
See Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy topic page for intervention summaries.
Mental Health & Mental Illness
Frederick JT, Steinman LE, Prohaska T, et al. Community-based treatment of late life depression: an expert panel-informed literature review. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(3):222–49.
Steinman LE, Frederick JT, Prohaska T, et al. Recommendations for treating depression in community-based older adults. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(3):175-81.
Snowden M, Steinman L, Frederick J Treating depression in older adults: challenges to implementing the recommendations of an expert panel. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(1).
See Mental Health & Mental Illness topic page for intervention summaries.
Motor Vehicle-related Injury Prevention
CDC. Motor-vehicle occupant injury: strategies for increasing use of child safety seats, increasing use of safety belts, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2001;50(RR-7):1-13.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):16-22.
Methods
Zaza S, Carande-Kulis VG, Sleet DA, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):23-30.
Related publication
Evidence based injury prevention: guidance for community action. Australian Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Sleet DA. May 1999.
Alcohol Impaired Driving
Evidence reviews
Ditter SM, Elder RW, Shults RA, et al. Effectiveness of designated driver programs for reducing alcohol-impaired driving: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):280-7.
Elder RW, Nichols JL, Shults RA, et al. Effectiveness of school-based programs for reducing drinking and driving and riding with drinking drivers: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):288-304.
Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA, et al. Effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing drinking and driving and alcohol-involved crashes: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(1):57-65.
Shults RA, Elder RW, Nichols JL, Sleet DA, Compton R, Chattopadhyay SK, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):360-371.
Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):66-88.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation for use of mass media campaigns to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(1):66.
Related publications
Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Zaza S, Thompson R. Effectiveness of sobriety checkpoints for reducing alcohol-involved crashes. Traffic Inj Prev 2002;3:266-274.
Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA. Do .08% blood alcohol concentration laws save lives? Washington Post, Nov. 26, 2001.
Elder RW, Shults RE, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Zaza S, Thompson R. Effectiveness of Sobriety Checkpoints for Preventing Alcohol-Involved Crashes. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety, August 4-9, 2002, Montreal, Canada.
Mercer SL, Sleet DA, Elder RA, Cole KH, RA Shults, Nichols JL. Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. Annals of Epidemiology 2010;20(6):412-20.
Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Alao MO, Carande-Kulis VG, Zaza S, Sosin DM, Thompson RS, and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.Erratum to: Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):66-88. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1):72.
Shults RE, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Zaza, Nichols JL. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety, August 4-9, 2002, Montreal, Canada (In Press).
Zaza S, Sleet DA, Elder RW, Shults RA, Dellinger A, Thompson RS. Response to letter to the editor. Am J Prev Med 2002;22:330-1.
Child Safety Seats
Evidence review
Zaza S, Sleet DA, Thompson RS, Sosin DM, Bolen JC, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of child safety seats. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):31-47.
Safety Belts
Dinh-Zarr TB, Sleet DA, Shults RA, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of safety belts.Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):48-65.
Related publications
Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, et al. Primary enforcement seat belt laws are effective even in the face of rising belt use rates. Accident Analysis and Prevention 2004;36:491-3.
Shults RA, Nichols JL, Dinh-Zarr TB, et al. Effectiveness of primary enforcement safety belt laws and enhanced enforcement of safety belt laws: a summary of the Guide to Community Preventive Services Systematic Reviews. J Safety Research 2004;35:189-96.
Sleet DA, Branche CM. Road Safety is No Accident. Proceedings from a Symposium on High Visibility Enforcement - Building Sustained Safety Belt Use. Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 35, Issue 2, 2004, pp. 173-174.
Commentaries
Satcher D. Note from the Surgeon General. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):1-2.
Waller PF. Public health's contribution to motor vehicle injury prevention. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):3-4.
Moffat J. Motor vehicle occupant injury prevention: the states’ perspective. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):5-6.
Webb M. Research as an advocate’s toolkit to reduce motor vehicle occupant deaths and injuries. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):7-8.
Miller TR. The effectiveness review trials of Hercules and some economic estimates for the stables. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):9-12.
Novick LF, Kelter A. Guide to Community Preventive Services, a public health imperative. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):13-15.
See Motor Vehicle-Related Injury Prevention topic page for intervention summaries.
Promoting Good Nutrition
See Promoting Good Nutrition topic page for intervention summaries.
Obesity Prevention
CDC. Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksite settings. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2005;54(RR-10):1-12.
Evidence review
Anderson LM, Quinn TA, Glanz K, Ramirez G, Kahwati LC, Johnson DB, Ramsey Buchanan L, Archer WR, Chattopadhyay S, Kalra GP, Katz DL, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):340-357.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):358-359.
See Obesity Prevention topic page for intervention summaries.
Oral Health
CDC. Promoting oral health: interventions for preventing dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2001;50(RR-21):1-13.
Evidence review
Truman BI, Gooch BF, Sulemana I, et al. Reviews of evidence on interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):21-54.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations on selected interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):16-20.
Related publications
Gooch BF, Truman BI, Griffin SO, et al. A comparison of selected evidence reviews and recommendations on interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):55-80.
See Oral Health topic page for intervention summaries.
Promoting Physical Activity
CDC. Increasing physical activity. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2001;50 (RR-18):1-16.
Evidence review
Kahn EB, Ramsey LT, Brownson R, et al. The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):73-107.
Heath GW, Brownson RC, Kruger J, et al. The effectiveness of urban design and land use and transport policies and practices to increase physical activity: a systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2006;3(Suppl 1):S55-76.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities. Am J Prev Med 2002;22 (4S):67-72.
Commentaries
Dunn AL, Blair SN. Translating evidence-based physical activity interventions into practice. Am J Prev Med 2002;22 (4S):8-9.
Related Publication
Wilcox S, Shephard D, Martin SL, Buchanan LR, Soler RE. Informational approaches to promoting physical activity. In Brown DR, Heath GW, Martin SL (Editors). Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action. Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2010.
See Promoting Physical Activity topic page for intervention summaries.
Promoting Health through the Social Environment
CDC. Community interventions to promote healthy social environments: early childhood development and family housing. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2002;51 (RR-1):1-8.
Evidence reviews
Anderson LM, St Charles J, Fullilove MT, et al. Providing affordable family housing and reducing residential segregation by income: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):47-67.
Anderson LM, Scrimshaw SC, Fullilove MT, et al. Culturally competent healthcare systems: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):68-79.
Anderson LM, Shinn CM, Fullilove MT, et al. The effectiveness of early childhood development programs: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):32-46.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to promote healthy social environments. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):21-4.
Related publications
Anderson LM, Fielding JE, Fullilove MT, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to promote healthy social environments. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):25-31.
Anderson LM, Scrimshaw SC, Fullilove MT, et al. The Community Guide's model for linking the social environment to health. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):12-20.
Commentaries
Fleming DW. Forward: addressing the social determinants of health. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):1.
Petticrew M. Why we need systematic reviews of social policies. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):2-3.
Shonkoff JP. Still waiting for the right questions. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):4-5.
Kingsley GT. Housing, health, and the neighborhood context. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):6-7.
Hayes-Bautista DE. Research on culturally competent healthcare systems: Less sensitivity, more statistics. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):8-9.
Adler NE. Community preventive services: do we know what we need to know to improve health and reduce disparities? Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):10-1.
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Tobacco Use
CDC. Strategies for exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, increasing tobacco-use cessation, and reducing initiation in communities and health-care systems. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2000;49 (RR-12):1-11.
Evidence review
Hopkins DP, Briss PA, Ricard CJ, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):16-66.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):10-5.
Related publications
Brownson, RC, Hopkins, DP, Wakefield, MA. Effects of smoking restrictions in the workplace. Annu Rev Public Health. 2002;23:333-48.
Hopkins DP, Husten CG, Fielding JE, Rosenquist JN, Westphal LL. Evidence reviews and recommendations on interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: a summary of selected guidelines. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):67-87.
Commentaries
Satcher D. Note from the Surgeon General. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):1.
Warner KE. Tobacco control policy: from action to evidence and back again. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):2-5.
Curry SJ, Fiore MC, Burns ME. Community-level interventions: perspective of managed care. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):6-7.
Wasserman MP. State and local opportunities for tobacco use reduction. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):8-9.
See Tobacco Use topic page for intervention summaries.
Vaccinations for Preventable Diseases
Universally recommended vaccines
CDC. Vaccine-preventable diseases: improving vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 1999;48(RR-8):1-15.
Evidence review
Briss PA, Rodewald LE, Hinman AR, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):97-140.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):92-6.
Targeted vaccines
CDC. Improving influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage among adults aged <65 years at high risk. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2005;54(RR-5):1-11.
Evidence review
Ndaiye SM, Hopkins DP, Shefer AM, et al. Interventions to improve influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage among high-risk adults: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):248-79
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to improve targeted vaccination coverage among high-risk adults. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):231-7.
Methods
Ndaiye SM, Hopkins DP, Smith SJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of targeted vaccine strategies for The Guide to Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):238-47.
Related publications
Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices. A Report from the Institute of Medicine. National Academy Press. 2000.
Shefer A, Briss P, and Rodewald L. Improving immunization coverage rates: an evidence-based review of the literature. Epidemiol Rev. 1999:21(1):96-142.
Use of standing orders programs to increase adult vaccination rates: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice. MMWR. 2000;49(RR-1);15-26.
See Vaccinations for Preventable Diseases topic page for intervention summaries.
Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth
Early childhood home visitation
CDC. First reports evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence: early childhood home visitation: findings from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2003;52(RR-14):1-9.
Evidence review
Bilukha O, Hahn RA, Crosby A, et al. The effectiveness of early childhood home visitation in preventing violence: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):11-39.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.
Firearms laws
CDC. First reports evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence: firearms laws: findings from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2003;52(RR-14):11-20.
Evidence review
Hahn RA, Bilukha O, Crosby A, et al. Firearms laws and the reduction of violence: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):40-71.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.
Reducing Psychological Harm
Evidence review
Wethington HR, Hahn RA, Fuqua-Whitley DS, et al. The effectiveness of interventions to reduce psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(3):287-313.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(3):314-6.
School-based violence prevention programs
CDC. The effectiveness of universal school-based programs for the prevention of violent and aggressive behavior: a report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2007;56(RR-7):1-16.
Evidence review
Hahn R, Fuqua-Whitley D, Wethington H, et al. Effectiveness of universal school-based programs to prevent violent and aggressive behavior: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S114–29.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. A recommendation to reduce rates of violence among school-aged children and youth by means of universal school-based violence prevention programs. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S112-13.
Related article
Wilson SJ, Lipsey MW. School-based interventions for aggressive and disruptive behavior: update of a meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S130-43.
Therapeutic foster care
CDC. Therapeutic foster care for the prevention of violence. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2004;53(RR-10):1-8.
Evidence review
Hahn RA, Bilukha O, Lowy J, et al. The effectiveness of therapeutic foster care for the prevention of violence: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):72-90.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.
Youth transfer to adult criminal justice systems
CDC. Effects on violence of laws and policies facilitating the transfer of youth from the juvenile to the adult justice system. MMWR 2007;56(RR-9):1-11.
Evidence review
McGowan A, Hahn R, Liberman A, et al. Effects on violence of laws and policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system. Am J Prev Med 2007;32 (4S):S7-28.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation against policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from juvenile to adult justice systems for the purpose of reducing violence. Am J Prev Med 2007;32 (4S):S5-6.
Commentaries
Bilchik S. Importance of universal school-based programs in preventing violent and aggressive behavior. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S101-3.
Gottfredson DC. Some thought about research on youth violence prevention. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S104-6.
Modzeleski W. School-based violence prevention programs: offering hope for school districts. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S107-8.
Prothrow-Stith D. A major step forward in violence prevention. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S109-11.
Mathis KJ. American Bar Association: Adult justice system is the wrong answer for most juveniles. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S1-2.
Tonry M. Treating juveniles as adult criminals: An iatrogenic violence prevention strategy if ever there was one. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S3-4.
Lipsey MW. The challenges of interpreting research for use by practitioners: Comments on the latest products from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med 2005; 28 (2 Suppl 1); 6-10.
Calonge N. Community interventions to prevent violence: Translation into public health practice. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2 Suppl 1);4-5.
See Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth topic page for intervention summaries.
Worksite Health Promotion
Evidence reviews
Soler RE, Leeks KD, Razi S, et al. A systematic review of selected interventions for worksite health promotion: the assessment of health risks with feedback. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):237-262.
Leeks KD, Hopkins DP, Soler RE, Aten A, Chattopadhyay SK, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Worksite-based incentives and competitions to reduce tobacco use: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):263-274.
Hopkins DP, Razi S, Leeks KD, et al. Smoke-free policies to reduce tobacco use: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):275-289.
Soler RE, Leeks KD, Ramsey Buchanan L, et al. Point-of-decision prompts to increase stair use: a systematic review update. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):292-300.
Recommendations
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for worksite-based interventions to improve workers' health. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):232-236.
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation for use of point-of-decision prompts to increase stair use in communities. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):290-291.
Related publications
Fielding JE, Hopkins DP. An introduction to evidence on worksite health promotion. In Pronk NP, editor. ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies (2nd edition). Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2009:75-81.
Soler RE, griffith m, Hopkins DP, Leeks KD. The assessment of health risks with feedback: results of a systematic review. In Pronk NP, editor. ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies (2nd edition). Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2009:82-91.
See Worksite Health Promotion topic page for intervention summaries.
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