Task Force Meetings

The Community Preventive Services Task Force -- an independent, nonfederal, uncompensated body of public health and prevention experts -- meets three times per year, usually in Atlanta, Georgia. These two-day meetings of Task Force members and consultants, Liaison organization representatives and Community Guide staff are open to the public. 

Purpose of Task Force Meetings

These are working meetings, each with a full agenda to accomplish the following, specific to systematic reviews currently in progress:

• Provide oversight on Community Guide reviews
• Carefully consider review results and their implications for public health practice and policy
• Make recommendations for interventions shown to promote population health
• Identify areas within the reviewed topics that need more research

Meeting Dates

A draft agenda, subject to change without notice, will be posted several weeks prior to each meeting below:

Location

• Task Force meetings are most often held at one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campuses in the Atlanta area. The location is included at the top of the agenda posted on this webpage prior to each meeting.
• Task Force meetings may or may not be held at the main CDC campus (Roybal) on Clifton Road, so be sure to check the agenda for the correct location. 
• You can find visitor information at the Visiting CDC webpage.

If You Attend

• Cost – There is no fee for the meeting.  Attendees are responsible for their own travel and meal expenses.
• Security Clearance – Attendees are required to submit a security clearance form prior to coming on any CDC campus. Please contact us 3 to 4 weeks before the meeting that you plan to attend to obtain a security form.  Please put the following in the e-mail subject line: "Security Request for Task Force Meeting".
• On-site Registration – Upon arrival at the meeting, please check-in at the registration table for all meeting materials.