Community Preventive Services Task Force
2012 Annual Report to Congress
and to Agencies Related to the Work of the Task Force
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
to convene an independent Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force). Under this legislation, the Task Force is mandated to provide yearly reports to Congress and to agencies related to the work of the Task Force.
The Task Force reports describe:
- The Task Force and its methods, findings and recommendations
- Key activities
- Evidence gaps that can be filled through additional research combined with evaluation of existing programs, services, and policies
- Priorities for future Task Force efforts
- Examples of how states, communities, and worksites have used Task Force recommendations
- Executive Summary 2012
[PDF - 130 KB] - Community Preventive Services Task Force Report to Congress 2012 [PDF - 644 KB]
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services
The work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force complements that of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) which makes recommendations about the effectiveness of clinical preventive services and health promotion. Taken together, the recommendations of the two Task Forces provide our nation with knowledge of how health is improved by prevention in both clinical and community settings. The two reports are submitted to Congress together to demonstrate the close collaboration of the two Task Forces, and to provide a full picture of our nation's prevention research needs.
Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services
