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October 2012
Does Mass Media Alone Work to Promote Physical Activity?
More research is needed for the Task Force to determine if mass media without other components results in a more physically active population.
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September 2012
New Videos Feature The Community Guide in Action
Two new, short videos show how communities have used Task Force findings to make residents safer and healthier.
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September 2012
Fall 2012: Task Force Releases New Findings
Topics include alcohol, skin cancer, emergency preparedness, mental health, and motor vehicle injury prevention.
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August 2012
Community Guide Worksite Review Among Top Five Most Cited
The Community Guide review on the Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback was recognized as one of the most cited articles published in the AJPM during 2010. Read a review summary and the publication.
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June 2012
Task Force Updates Findings on Interventions to Boost Cancer Screening
Based on evidence from updated Community Guide reviews, the Task Force issued new findings on ways to increase breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening.
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May 2012
Now Published: Collaborative Care to Manage Depression
Newly published reviews and Task Force findings feature the effectiveness of this intervention in improving depression symptoms, adherence to treatment, response to treatment, and remission and recovery.
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April 2012
Task Force Recommends Against Privatizing Retail Alcohol Sales
Evidence links privatization to increased consumption of alcoholic beverages, excessive drinking and related harms.
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April 2012
Task Force Chair Supports Future of Public Health
A gift from Jonathan and Karin Fielding supports public health education and research at soon-to-be named UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health.
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March 2012
Helping Caregivers of Adolescents Reduce their Teens’ Health Risk Behaviors
See newly published Task Force findings on helping caregivers reduce their teen's health risk behaviors.
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March 2012
Abstinence Education and Comprehensive Risk Reduction for Teens
See newly published Task Force findings on abstinence education and comprehensive risk reduction for teens.
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March 2012
Winter 2012: Task Force Releases New Recommendations and Findings
Topics include tobacco cessation and interventions to promote health equity.
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December 2011
Task Force Releases First Annual Report to Congress
The report describes Task Force background, methods, findings, evidence gaps, priorities, and how states and communities use its recommendations.
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November 2011Task Force Member Appointed to President's Cancer Panel
Congratulations to Community Preventive Services Task Force member Barbara K. Rimer on her appointment as Chairman of the President's Cancer Panel.
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October 2011
Task Force finds commercial liability an effective strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms
Holding alcohol retailers liable for injuries or damage done by their intoxicated customers can reduce motor vehicle deaths, homicides, injuries, and other alcohol-related problems.
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August 2011
Community Preventive Services Task Force Publishes Findings on Home-based Asthma Programs
The Task Force recommends use of home-based multi-trigger, multicomponent interventions for children and adolescents with asthma.