Why Link to the Community Guide?
This website, www.thecommunityguide.org, is the official site of the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) and is a valuable resource to what is known about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to promote community health and prevent disease. The rigorous systematic reviews and Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) recommendations that are the hallmarks of the Community Guide are designed to make current scientific evidence accessible to local decision makers who must select appropriate health interventions with and for their communities. This website includes information about:
- How the Community Guide is developed
- Who develops the Community Guide
- Systematic review methods
- Evidence-based recommendations for more than 210 population health interventions
- A library of peer-reviewed articles published by the Community Guide
- Topic-specific resources
- Ways to use the Community Guide
The Task Force, an independent, nonfederal panel of community health experts, develops the Community Guide under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services, with staff support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and input from many experts throughout the United States.
The Community Guide is Free
The content of Community Guide print and on-line publications is in the public domain, which means that others may copy it at no cost and without permission. Citing the Community Guide as the source, however, is appreciated. The Community Guide provides suggested citations at the end of many of its web pages for your convenience.
How to Link to the Community Guide?
We welcome and encourage you to add a text link or the graphic below to your website and offer your readers direct access to evidence-based recommendations for policies, programs and services that promote population health. The Community Guide graphic or text links are to be used only to access the home page of www.thecommunityguide.org.
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If you use a text link to the Community Guide Web site, we suggest using the following description:
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) is your source for information about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of evidence-based interventions to promote community health and prevent disease.
Disclaimer
Links to other websites found on the Community Guide Web site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute endorsement or approval of these organizations or their programs by the Guide to Community Preventive Services, the Community Preventive Services Task Force, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Questions or Comments
We encourage you to explore this website to learn more about the Community Guide and the work of Community Preventive Services Task Force. If you have questions about linking to the Community Guide website, use of the Community Guide linking graphic or promotional materials on the Community Guide, please contact us. Your comments and questions are welcome.
- Page last reviewed: February 9, 2011
- Page last updated: March 22, 2010
- Content source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
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
