Community Preventive Services Task Force Committees
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) has standing committees that work in consultation with CPSTF and are supported by CDC staff.
Annual Report to Congress (ARC) Committee
The primary goal of this committee is to determine the content for the CPSTF Annual Report to Congress. The Annual Report to Congress satisfies the statutory requirement for “…providing yearly reports to Congress and related agencies identifying gaps in research and recommending priority areas that deserve further examination, including areas related to populations and age groups not adequately addressed by current recommendations.”
Health Equity Committee
The primary goals of this committee are to:
- Increase consideration of health equity relevance in CPSTF’s work.
- Build CPSTF capacity for integrating health equity approaches across all task force processes.
The Health Equity Committee addresses issues that cut across all Community Guide systematic reviews. The Committee is distinct from the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Coordination Team, which conducts systematic reviews of SDOH interventions that aim to improve health outcomes.
Methods Committee
The primary goals of this committee are to:
- Identify systematic review methods issues that necessitate a change, addition, or deletion to current Community Guide methods or processes.
- Prioritize methods issues for consideration and investment of time and effort to address.
- Discuss and develop method change proposals for full CPSTF consideration.
The committee addresses existing and emerging issues related to the Community Guide methods used to conduct systematic reviews on effectiveness and economic efficiency and translates this information into conclusions, findings, and recommendations.
Prioritization Committee
The primary goal of this committee is to set priorities for CPSTF regarding specific topics and intervention approaches which guide selection of effectiveness and economic systematic reviews.