Briss PA, Zaza S, Pappaioanou M, Fielding J, et al. Developing an evidence-based Guide to Community Preventive Services—methods. [PDF - 105KB] Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):35-43.

Pappaioanou M , Evans CA, Jr. Development of the Guide to Community Preventive Services: a U.S. Public Health Service initiative. J Public Health Manag Pract 1998;4:48-54.

Zaza S, Wright-de Aguero L, Briss PA, et al. Data collection instrument and procedure for systematic reviews in the Guide to Community Preventive Services. [PDF - 6.81MB] Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):44-74.

Chapter 10: Methods used for reviewing evidence and linking evidence to recommendations [PDF - 214KB] (from the Community Guide Book)

Vilma G. Carande-Kulis, Michael V. Maciosek, Peter A. Briss et al. Methods for systematic reviews of economic evaluations for the Guide to Community Preventive Services. [PDF - 3.74MB] Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):75-91.

Chapter 11: Understanding and using the economic evidence [PDF - 171KB] (from the Community Guide book)

Zaza S, Carande-Kulis VG, Sleet DA, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants. [PDF - 217KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):23-30.

Anderson LM, Fielding JE, Fullilove MT, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to promote healthy social environments. [PDF - 127KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):25-31.

Ndiaye SM, Hopkins DP, Smith SJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of targeted vaccination strategies for The Guide to Community Preventive Services. [PDF - 132KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):238-47.

Evidence reviews

Campbell CA, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Briana Lawrence B, Middleton JC, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of limiting alcohol outlet density as a means of reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms. [PDF - 445KB] Am J Prev Med 2009;37(6):556-69.

Elder RW, Lawrence B, Ferguson A, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Chattopadhyay SK, Toomey TL, Fielding JE, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of tax policy interventions for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 665KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):217-29.

Hahn RA, Kuzara JL, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Middleton JC, Lawrence B, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effectiveness of policies restricting hours of alcohol sales in preventing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 725KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;39(6):590-604.

Middleton JC, Hahn RA, Kuzara JL, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Lawrence B, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effectiveness of policies maintaining or restricting days of alcohol sales on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 674KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;39(6):575-89.

Rammohan V, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey TL, Chattopadhyay SK, Zometa C, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effects of dram shop liability and enhanced overservice law enforcement initiatives on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms: two Community Guide systematic reviews. [PDF - 569KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;41(3):334-43.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Increasing alcohol beverage taxes is recommended to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 116KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2):230-2.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms by limiting alcohol outlet density. [PDF - 82KB] Am J Prev Med 2009;37(6):570-1.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations on dram shop liability and overservice law enforcement initiatives to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 725KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;41(3):344-6.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations on maintaining limits on days and hours of sale of alcoholic beverages to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. [PDF - 112KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;39(6):605-6.

Commentaries

Mosher JF. Dram shop liability and overservice law enforcement initiatives: a commentary. [PDF - 57KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;41(3):350-2.
 
O’Connor R. Effects of dram shop liability and enhanced overservice law enforcement initiatives on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms: a commentary on a New Mexico perspective. [PDF - 56KB]Am J Prev Med 2011;41(3):347-9.

Saltz RF. Why it matters: enlisting bars and restaurants in the prevention of intoxication and subsequent harms: why it matters. [PDF - 49KB]Am J Prev Med 2011;41(3):353-4.

See Preventing Excessive Alcohol Consumption topic page for intervention summaries.

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Evidence review

Briss PA, Rimer BK, Reilley B, Coates RC, Lee NC, Mullen P, Corso P, Hutchinson AB, Hiatt R, Kerner J, George P, White C, Gandhi N, Saraiya M, Breslow R, Isham G, Teutsch SM, Hinman AR, Lawrence R, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Promoting informed decisions about cancer screening in communities and healthcare systems [PDF - 290KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):67-80.

Related publications

Sheridan SL, Harris RP, Woolf SH, et al. Shared decision making about screening and chemoprevention: a suggested approach [PDF - 259KB] from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):56-66.

Rimer BK, Briss PA, Zeller PK, et al. Informed decision making: what is its role in cancer screening? Cancer 2004;101(S5):1214-28.

Commentary

Kaplan RM. Shared medical decision making: a new tool for preventive medicine. [PDF - 58KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;26(1):81-3.

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Evidence Reviews

Baron RC, Melillo S, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Habarta N, Chattopadhyay S, Sabatino SA, Elder R, Leeks KJ, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Intervention to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers: a systematic review of provider reminders. [PDF - 452KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(1):110-7.

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, et al. Client-directed interventions to increase community access to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. [PDF - 458KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):56-66.

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Breslow RA, et al. Client-directed interventions to increase community demand for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. [PDF - 1.05MB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):34-55.

Sabatino SA, Habarta N, Baron RC. Interventions to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers: systematic reviews of provider assessment and feedback and provider incentives. [PDF - 336KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):67-74.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for client- and provider-directed interventions to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. [PDF - 73KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):21-5.

Methods

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of evidence on effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. [PDF - 248KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):26-33.

Commentaries

Yabroff KR. Interventions to improve cancer screening: commentary from a health services research perspective. [PDF - 111KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):6-9.

Hannon PA, Harris JR. Interventions to improve cancer screening: opportunities in the workplace. [PDF - 62KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):10-3.

Shepherd WL, Moore A. Task Force recommendations: application in the “real world” of community intervention. [PDF - 38KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):1-2.

Glanz K, Melvin C. How not to get lost in translation: implementing the recommendations and identifying research gaps. [PDF - 54KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):3-5.

Related publications

Breslow RA, Rimer BK, Baron RC, et al. Introducing the Community Guide’s reviews of evidence on interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. [PDF - 156KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(1S):14-20.

See Cancer Prevention & Control topic page for intervention summaries.

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CDC. Preventing skin cancer. Findings of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on reducing exposure to ultraviolet light. MMWR 2003;52(RR-15):1-12.

Evidence review

Saraiya M, Glanz K, Briss PA, et al. Interventions to prevent skin cancer by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation: a systematic review. [PDF - 788KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):422-66.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to prevent skin cancer by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation. [PDF - 70KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):467-70.

Commentaries

Hill D. Skin cancer prevention: a commentary. [PDF - 37KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):482-3.

Koh HK, Geller AC. Skin cancer prevention comes of age. [PDF - 44KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(5):484-5.

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CDC. Strategies for reducing morbidity and mortality from diabetes through health-care system interventions and diabetes self-management education in community settings. A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2001;50 (RR-16):1-15.

Evidence reviews

Norris SL, Nichols PJ, Caspersen CJ, et al. The effectiveness of disease and case management for people with diabetes: a systematic review. [PDF - 784KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):15-38.

Norris SL, Nichols PJ, Caspersen CJ, et al. Increasing diabetes self-management education in community settings: a systematic review. [PDF - 1.14MB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):39-66.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for healthcare system and self-management education interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from diabetes. [PDF - 67KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):10-4.

Commentaries

McGinnis JM. Diabetes and physical activity. [PDF - 38KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):1-2.

Kriska A. Striving for a more active community. [PDF - 37KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):6-7.

Evidence review

Herbst JH, Beeker C, Mathew A, et al. The effectiveness of individual-, group-, and community-level HIV behavioral risk reduction interventions for adult men who have sex with men: a systematic review. [PDF - 868KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S38-67.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for use of behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men. [PDF - 48KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S36-7.

Evidence review

Hogben M, McNally T, McPheeters M, et al. The effectiveness of HIV partner counseling and referral services in increasing identification of HIV-positive individuals: a systematic review. [PDF - 333KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S89–100.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to increase testing and identification of HIV-positive individuals through partner counseling and referral services. [PDF - 36KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S88.

Reducing sexual risk behaviors

Stall R. Opportunities to improve AIDS prevention practice among MSM. [PDF - 43KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S);S29-S30.

Millett GA, Peterson JL. The known hidden epidemic; HIV/AIDS among Black MSM in the U.S. [PDF - 64KB] Am J Prev Med2007;32(4S);S31-S33.

Ramirez-Valles J. The quest for effective HIV-prevention interventions for Latino gay men. [PDF - 44KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S);S34-S35.

Partner counseling and referral services

Dooley, Jr. SW, Douglas, Jr. JM, Janssen RS. PCRS for HIV infection: New endorsement of an old approach. [PDF - 53KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S81-3.

Golden MR. HIV PCRS: Finally getting beyond the name. [PDF - 46KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S84-5.

Kissinger P, Malebranche D. Partner notification: Promising approach to reducing HIV/AIDS racial disparities in the U.S. [PDF - 47KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S);S86-7.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. [PDF - 78KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):16-22.

Methods

Zaza S, Carande-Kulis VG, Sleet DA, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants. [PDF - 217KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):23-30.

Related publication

Evidence based injury prevention: guidance for community action. Australian Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Sleet DA. May 1999.

Evidence reviews

Ditter SM, Elder RW, Shults RA, et al. Effectiveness of designated driver programs for reducing alcohol-impaired driving: a systematic review. [PDF - 146KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):280-7.

Elder RW, Nichols JL, Shults RA, et al. Effectiveness of school-based programs for reducing drinking and driving and riding with drinking drivers: a systematic review. [PDF - 259KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):288-304.

Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA, et al. Effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing drinking and driving and alcohol-involved crashes: a systematic review. [PDF - 668KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(1):57-65.

Elder RW, Voas R, Beirness D, Shults RA, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Compton R, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes: a Community Guide systematic review. [PDF - 584KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;40(3):362–76.

Shults RA, Elder RW, Nichols JL, Sleet DA, Compton R, Chattopadhyay SK, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. [PDF - 378KB] Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):360-371.

Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. [PDF - 2.30MB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):66-88.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation for use of mass media campaigns to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. [PDF - 34KB] Am J Prev Med 2004;27(1):66.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations on the effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes. [PDF - 74KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;40(3):377.

Related publications

Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Zaza S, Thompson R. Effectiveness of sobriety checkpoints for reducing alcohol-involved crashes. Traffic Inj Prev 2002;3:266-274.

Elder RW, Shults RA, Sleet DA. Do .08% blood alcohol concentration laws save lives? Washington Post, Nov. 26, 2001.

Elder RW, Shults RE, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Zaza S, Thompson R. Effectiveness of Sobriety Checkpoints for Preventing Alcohol-Involved Crashes. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety, August 4-9, 2002, Montreal, Canada.

Magnusson P, Jakobsson L, Hultman S. Alcohol interlock systems in Sweden: 10 years of systematic work. [PDF - 86KB] Am J Prev Med 2011;40(3):378–9.

Mercer SL, Sleet DA, Elder RA, Cole KH, RA Shults, Nichols JL. Translating evidence into policy: lessons learned from the case of lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. Annals of Epidemiology 2010;20(6):412-20.

Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Alao MO, Carande-Kulis VG, Zaza S, Sosin DM, Thompson RS, and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.Erratum to: Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):66-88. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1):72.

Shults RE, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Zaza, Nichols JL. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety, August 4-9, 2002, Montreal, Canada (In Press).

Zaza S, Sleet DA, Elder RW, Shults RA, Dellinger A, Thompson RS. Response to letter to the editor. Am J Prev Med 2002;22:330-1.

Evidence review

Zaza S, Sleet DA, Thompson RS, Sosin DM, Bolen JC, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of child safety seats. [PDF - 2.44MB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):31-47.

Dinh-Zarr TB, Sleet DA, Shults RA, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase use of safety belts. [PDF - 2.85MB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):48-65.

Related publications

Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, et al. Primary enforcement seat belt laws are effective even in the face of rising belt use rates. Accident Analysis and Prevention 2004;36:491-3.

Shults RA, Nichols JL, Dinh-Zarr TB, et al. Effectiveness of primary enforcement safety belt laws and enhanced enforcement of safety belt laws: a summary of the Guide to Community Preventive Services Systematic Reviews. J Safety Research 2004;35:189-96.

Sleet DA, Branche CM. Road Safety is No Accident. [PDF - 125KB] Proceedings from a Symposium on High Visibility Enforcement - Building Sustained Safety Belt Use. Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 35, Issue 2, 2004, pp. 173-174.

Commentaries

Satcher D. Note from the Surgeon General. [PDF - 37KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):1-2.

Waller PF. Public health's contribution to motor vehicle injury prevention. [PDF - 42KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):3-4.

Moffat J. Motor vehicle occupant injury prevention: the states’ perspective. [PDF - 37KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):5-6.

Webb M. Research as an advocate’s toolkit to reduce motor vehicle occupant deaths and injuries. [PDF - 41KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):7-8.

Miller TR. The effectiveness review trials of Hercules and some economic estimates for the stables. [PDF - 53KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):9-12.

Novick LF, Kelter A. Guide to Community Preventive Services, a public health imperative. [PDF - 56KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;21(4S):13-15.

Evidence review

Anderson LM, Quinn TA, Glanz K, Ramirez G, Kahwati LC, Johnson DB, Ramsey Buchanan L, Archer WR, Chattopadhyay S, Kalra GP, Katz DL, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review. [PDF - 1.22MB] Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):340-357.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. [PDF - 81KB] Am J Prev Med 2009;37(4):358-359.

Related publications

Archer WR, Batan MC, Buchanan LR, Soler RE, Ramsey DC, Kirchhofer A, Reyes M. Promising practices for the prevention and control of obesity in the worksite. Am J Health Promot 2011;25[3]:e12–26.

Evidence review

Truman BI, Gooch BF, Sulemana I, et al. Reviews of evidence on interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. [PDF - 2.52MB] Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):21-54.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations on selected interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. [PDF - 69KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):16-20.

Related publications

Gooch BF, Truman BI, Griffin SO, et al. A comparison of selected evidence reviews and recommendations on interventions to prevent dental caries, oral and pharyngeal cancers, and sports-related craniofacial injuries. [PDF - 1.87MB] Am J Prev Med 2002;23(1S):55-80.

Evidence review

Kahn EB, Ramsey LT, Brownson R, et al. The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity: a systematic review. [PDF - 3.14MB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22(4S):73-107.

Heath GW, Brownson RC, Kruger J, et al. The effectiveness of urban design and land use and transport policies and practices to increase physical activity: a systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2006;3(Suppl 1):S55-76.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities. [PDF - 70KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22 (4S):67-72.

Commentaries

Dunn AL, Blair SN. Translating evidence-based physical activity interventions into practice. [PDF - 41KB] Am J Prev Med 2002;22 (4S):8-9.

Related Publications

Wilcox S, Shephard D, Martin SL, Buchanan LR, Soler RE. Informational approaches to promoting physical activity. In Brown DR, Heath GW, Martin SL (Editors). Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action. Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2010.

Roux L, Pratt M, Tengs TO, Yore MM, Yanagawa TL, Van Den Bos J, Rutt C, Brownson RC, Powell KE, Heath G, Kohl HW, Teutsch S, Cawley J, Min Lee I, West L, Buchner DM. Cost effectiveness of community-based physical activity interventions. Am J Prev Med 2011;35(6):578-88.

Evidence reviews

Anderson LM, St Charles J, Fullilove MT, et al. Providing affordable family housing and reducing residential segregation by income: a systematic review. [PDF - 2.90MB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):47-67.

Anderson LM, Scrimshaw SC, Fullilove MT, et al. Culturally competent healthcare systems: a systematic review. [PDF - 731KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):68-79.

Anderson LM, Shinn CM, Fullilove MT, et al. The effectiveness of early childhood development programs: a systematic review. [PDF - 2.30MB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):32-46.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to promote healthy social environments. [PDF - 72KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):21-4.

Related publications

Anderson LM, Fielding JE, Fullilove MT, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of the evidence of effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to promote healthy social environments. [PDF - 127KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):25-31.

Anderson LM, Scrimshaw SC, Fullilove MT, et al. The Community Guide's model for linking the social environment to health. [PDF - 132KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):12-20.

Commentaries

Fleming DW. Forward: addressing the social determinants of health. [PDF - 37KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):1.

Petticrew M. Why we need systematic reviews of social policies. [PDF - 47KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):2-3.

Shonkoff JP. Still waiting for the right questions. [PDF - 42KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):4-5.

Kingsley GT. Housing, health, and the neighborhood context. [PDF - 43KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):6-7.

Hayes-Bautista DE. Research on culturally competent healthcare systems: Less sensitivity, more statistics. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):8-9.

Adler NE. Community preventive services: do we know what we need to know to improve health and reduce disparities? [PDF - 47KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):10-1.

Evidence review

Hopkins DP, Briss PA, Ricard CJ, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. [PDF - 6.38MB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):16-66.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations regarding interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. [PDF - 146KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):10-5.

Related publications

Brownson, RC, Hopkins, DP, Wakefield, MA. Effects of smoking restrictions in the workplace. Annu Rev Public Health. 2002;23:333-48.

Hopkins DP, Husten CG, Fielding JE, Rosenquist JN, Westphal LL. Evidence reviews and recommendations on interventions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: a summary of selected guidelines. [PDF - 4.10MB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):67-87.

Commentaries

Satcher D. Forward: note from the Surgeon General. [PDF - 95KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):1.

Warner KE. Tobacco control policy: from action to evidence and back again. [PDF - 130KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):2-5.

Curry SJ, Fiore MC, Burns ME. Community-level tobacco interventions: perspective of managed care. [PDF - 99KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):6-7.

Wasserman MP. Guide to community preventive services: state and local opportunities for tobacco use reduction. [PDF - 97KB] Am J Prev Med 2001;20(2S):8-9.

Evidence review

Briss PA, Rodewald LE, Hinman AR, et al. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. [PDF - 15.41MB] Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):97-140.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults. [PDF - 139KB] Am J Prev Med 2000;18(1S):92-6.

Evidence review

Ndaiye SM, Hopkins DP, Shefer AM, et al. Interventions to improve influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage among high-risk adults: a systematic review. [PDF - 728KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):248-79

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to improve targeted vaccination coverage among high-risk adults. [PDF - 97KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):231-7.

Methods

Ndaiye SM, Hopkins DP, Smith SJ, et al. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of targeted vaccination strategies for The Guide to Community Preventive Services. [PDF - 132KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(5S):238-47.

Related publications

Calling the shots: immunization finance policies and practices. A Report from the Institute of Medicine. National Academy Press. 2000.

Shefer A, Briss P, and Rodewald L. Improving immunization coverage rates: an evidence-based review of the literature. Epidemiol Rev. 1999:21(1):96-142.

Use of standing orders programs to increase adult vaccination rates: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice. MMWR. 2000;49(RR-1);15-26.

Evidence review

Bilukha O, Hahn RA, Crosby A, et al. The effectiveness of early childhood home visitation in preventing violence: a systematic review. [PDF - 273KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):11-39.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. [PDF - 71KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.

Evidence review

Hahn RA, Bilukha O, Crosby A, et al. Firearms laws and the reduction of violence: a systematic review. [PDF - 451KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):40-71.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. [PDF - 71KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.

Evidence review

W Wethington H, Hahn R, Fuqua-Whitley D et al. The effectiveness of interventions to reduce psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents: a systematic review. [PDF - 605KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(3):287-313..

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents. [PDF - 58KB] Am J Prev Med 2008;35(3):314-6.

Evidence review

Hahn R, Fuqua-Whitley D, Wethington H, et al. Effectiveness of universal school-based programs to prevent violent and aggressive behavior: a systematic review. [PDF - 365KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S114–29.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. A recommendation to reduce rates of violence among school-aged children and youth by means of universal school-based violence prevention programs. [PDF - 41KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S112-13.

Related article

Wilson SJ, Lipsey MW. School-based interventions for aggressive and disruptive behavior: update of a meta-analysis. [PDF - 155KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S130-43.

Evidence review

Hahn RA, Bilukha O, Lowy J, et al. The effectiveness of therapeutic foster care for the prevention of violence: a systematic review. [PDF - 206KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):72-90.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to reduce violence through early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, and firearms laws. [PDF - 71KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S1):6-10.

Evidence review

McGowan A, Hahn R, Liberman A, et al. Effects on violence of laws and policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system: a systematic review. [PDF - 570KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32 (4S):S7-28.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation against policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from juvenile to adult justice systems for the purpose of reducing violence. [PDF - 39KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32 (4S):S5-6.

Commentaries

Bilchik S. The importance of universal school-based programs in preventing violent and aggressive behavior. [PDF - 46KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S101-3.

Gottfredson DC. Some thoughts about research on youth violence prevention. [PDF - 48KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S104-6.

Modzeleski W. School-based violence prevention programs: offering hope for school districts. [PDF - 34KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S107-8.

Prothrow-Stith D. A major step forward in violence prevention. [PDF - 51KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2S):S109-11.

Mathis KJ. American Bar Association: Adult justice system is the wrong answer for most juveniles. [PDF - 35KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S1-2.

Tonry M. Treating juveniles as adult criminals: an iatrogenic violence prevention strategy if ever there was one. [PDF - 40KB] Am J Prev Med 2007;32(4S):S3-4.

Lipsey MW. The challenges of interpreting research for use by practitioners: comments on the latest products from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. [PDF - 48KB] Am J Prev Med 2005; 28 (2 Suppl 1); 6-10.

Calonge N. Community interventions to prevent violence: translation into public health practice. [PDF - 40KB] Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2 Suppl 1);4-5.

Evidence reviews

Soler RE, Leeks KD, Razi S, et al. A systematic review of selected interventions for worksite health promotion: the assessment of health risks with feedback. [PDF - 324KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):237-262.

Leeks KD, Hopkins DP, Soler RE, Aten A, Chattopadhyay SK, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Worksite-based incentives and competitions to reduce tobacco use: a systematic review. [PDF - 436KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):263-274.

Hopkins DP, Razi S, Leeks KD, et al. Smoke-free policies to reduce tobacco use: a systematic review. [PDF - 278KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):275-289.

Soler RE, Leeks KD, Ramsey Buchanan L, et al. Point-of-decision prompts to increase stair use: a systematic review update. [PDF - 1.59MB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):292-300.

Recommendations

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations for worksite-based interventions to improve workers' health. [PDF - 67KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):232-236.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendation for use of point-of-decision prompts to increase stair use in communities. [PDF - 44KB] Am J Prev Med 2010;38(2S):290-291.

Related publications

Archer WR, Batan MC, Buchanan LR, Soler RE, Ramsey DC, Kirchhofer A, Reyes M. Promising practices for the prevention and control of obesity in the worksite. Am J Health Promot 2011;25[3]:e12–26.

Fielding JE, Hopkins DP. An introduction to evidence on worksite health promotion. In Pronk NP, editor. ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies (2nd edition). Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2009:75-81.

Soler RE, griffith m, Hopkins DP, Leeks KD. The assessment of health risks with feedback: results of a systematic review. In Pronk NP, editor. ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies (2nd edition). Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics; 2009:82-91.