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Announcements
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January 2022
What Works to Prevent Overweight and Obesity
Printer-friendly and easy-to read, this summary of CPSTF findings is now available and ready to for you to use and share.
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January 2022
CPSTF Welcomes New Members
Four public health and clinical professionals have been appointed to serve five-year terms on the CPSTF, starting in 2022.
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December 2021
What Works to Prevent Violence
Printer-friendly and easy-to read, this summary of CPSTF findings is now available and ready to for you to use and share.
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December 2021
Team-based Care Improves Blood Pressure Control and is Cost-effective
A systematic review of evidence shows team-based care increases the proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure.
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November 2021
What Works to Increase Physical Activity
Printer-friendly and easy-to read, this summary of CPSTF findings is now available and ready to for you to use and share.
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November 2021
CPSTF 2020 Annual Report to Congress
The new report summarizes work completed from October 2019—September 2020, including four effectiveness recommendations and four economic findings, critical evidence gaps, and priority topics to guide future reviews.
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October 2021
Did You Know?
New infographic features text messaging intervention approaches to help adults quit smoking.
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October 2021
Webinar: Cancer Prevention Interventions: Recommendations from the Community Preventive Services Task Force
Mark your calendar! Join us at 3 pm ET on the 19th to learn more about CPSTF recommendations for cancer prevention and ways they’ve been implemented in communities.
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October 2021
What Works to Increase Cancer Screenings
Printer-friendly and easy-to read, this summary of CPSTF findings is now available and ready to for you to use and share.
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September 2021
A Cost-effective Way to Increase Cancer Screening? Target Social Determinants of Health
An economic review published in JAMA Oncology shows interventions that leverage social determinants of health to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings are cost-effective.
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September 2021
CPSTF Meeting – October 20-21
Topics include cancer screening, HIV prevention, nutrition, physical activity, obesity, social determinants of health, and violence prevention.
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September 2021
Community Guide Methods Manual Now Available
A new methods manual provides an overview of Community Guide systematic review methods for assessing the effectiveness and economic evidence that serves as the basis for CPSTF findings.
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August 2021
Housing Voucher Programs Advance Health Equity and Show Economic Benefits
Evidence shows societal benefits exceed the cost of tenant-based housing voucher programs when combined with certain services.
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August 2021
Mobile Phone Text Messaging Interventions Help Adults Who Smoke Quit
Systematic review evidence shows mobile phone text messaging interventions help adults quit smoking.
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August 2021
New Resource on Insufficient Evidence Findings
Public health researchers and funders can use insufficient evidence findings issued by CPSTF to develop research proposals and funding announcements.