What is the Community Guide?
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:
- Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?
- Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?
- What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?
Learn more about the Community Guide, collaborators involved in its development and dissemination, and methods used to conduct the systematic reviews.
Ways to Use the Community Guide
- Policies Legislation, organizational policies…
- Programs or Services Planning, preventive services, employee health and wellness…
- Funding Grant development, funding proposals…
- Research Identifying gaps, setting priorities, study quality…
- Education Course development, training…
- General Use Identify what works, use resources wisely, build community support…
News & Announcements
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Winter 2012: Task Force Releases New Recommendations and Findings
Topics include tobacco cessation and interventions to promote health equity.
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Task Force Releases First Annual Report to Congress
The report describes Task Force background, methods, findings, research gaps, priorities, and how states and communities use its recommendations.
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New! Community Guide in Action Success Stories
Read examples of how the Community Guide has been used to improve health in communities across the country.
Task Force recommends collaborative care to manage depressionOther Key Information
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Task Force Meetings
2012
- February 22-23
- June 20-21
- October 10-11
2013
- February 20-21
- June 19-20
- October 23-24
Contact Us:
- Community Guide Branch
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office (EAPO)
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (OSELS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Mailstop E-69
Atlanta, GA 30333 - Community Guide
