Task Force Policy Recommendations
Systematic Reviews on Policy Interventions Conducted by
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Topic |
Policy Setting |
Intervention Title |
Recommendation |
Preventing Excessive |
Community | Enhanced enforcement of laws prohibiting sales to minors | Recommended
(Sufficient Evidence) |
| Regulation of outlet density | Recommended
(Sufficient Evidence) |
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| Privatization of retail sales | Insufficient Evidence |
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Preventing Skin Cancer |
Education |
Educational and policy: child care centers | Insufficient Evidence |
| Educational and policy: primary school settings | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Educational and policy: secondary schools and colleges | Insufficient Evidence |
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Community |
Educational and policy: outdoor recreation settings | Insufficient Evidence |
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Worksite |
Educational and policy: outdoor occupation settings | Insufficient Evidence |
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Motor Vehicle-related Injury Prevention |
Community |
Reducing alcohol-impaired driving: sobriety checkpoints | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
| Reducing alcohol-impaired driving: lower legal blood alcohol concentrations for young and inexperienced drivers | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Reducing alcohol-impaired driving:0.08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Reducing alcohol-impaired driving: minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Use of child safety seats: laws mandating use | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Use of safety belts: laws mandating use | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Use of safety belts: primary (vs. secondary) enforcement laws | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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Oral Health |
Community |
Dental caries (cavities): community water fluoridation | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
Education |
Dental caries (cavities): school-based or -linked sealant delivery | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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Promoting Physical Activity |
Community |
Community-scale urban design and land use policies | Recommended
(Sufficient Evidence) |
| Street scale urban design/land use policies | Recommended
(Sufficient Evidence) |
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| Transportation and policies and practices | Insufficient Evidence |
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Tobacco |
Community |
Increasing tobacco use cessation: increasing the unit price of tobacco products | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
| Reducing tobacco use initiation: increasing the unit price of tobacco products | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: smoking bans and restrictions | Recommended (Strong Evidence) |
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| Restricting minors’ access to tobacco products: community mobilization with additional interventions | Recommended (Sufficient Evidence) |
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| Restricting minors’ access to tobacco products: active enforcement of sales laws directed at retailers | Insufficient Evidence |
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| Restricting Minors’ Access to Tobacco Products: Laws directed at minors’ purchase, possession, or use of tobacco products | Insufficient Evidence |
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Education |
School tobacco-free policies | Insufficient Evidence |
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Worksite |
Smoke-free policies to reduce tobacco use among workers | Recommended (Sufficient Evidence) |
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Vaccine Preventable Diseases |
Education |
Vaccination requirements for child care, school, and college attendance | Recommended (Sufficient Evidence) |
Violence Prevention |
Community |
Firearms Laws
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Insufficient Evidence |
| Transfer of juveniles into adult court system to reduce violence | Recommended Against (Strong Evidence) |
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Worksite Health Promotion |
Worksite |
Smoke-free policies to reduce tobacco use among workers | Recommended (Sufficient Evidence) |
- Page last reviewed: February 10, 2009
- Page last updated: February 10, 2009
- Content source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
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