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Announcements
News
May 2020
Community Preventive Services Task Force Seeks New Members
Do you know someone who should be a Community Preventive Services Task Force member? Nominations will be accepted through June 26, 2020.
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May 2020
New CVD Implementation Resource
CDC’s Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention released a new resource to help communities and health systems implement CPSTF-recommended telehealth interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention and management.
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April 2020
Health Services Researchers Use of The Community Guide
AcademyHealth has a new blog featuring ways health services researchers can use CPSTF findings to develop effective, economically sound, health promotion interventions and research agendas.
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March 2020
Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity Benefit from Digital Health Interventions
The CPSTF recommends digital health interventions to assist adolescents with overweight or obesity with weight management.
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March 2020
Engaging Community Health Workers to Increase Cancer Screening is Effective and Cost-Effective
The CPSTF recommends interventions that engage community health workers to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.
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February 2020
In the Year of the Nurse 2020: How Nurses Can Use The Community Guide
An article in the March 2020 issue of the American Journal of Nursing outlines how evidence-based recommendations from The Community Guide can inform nursing practices.
News
February 2020
U.S. Surgeon General Report on Smoking Cessation Features CPSTF-Recommendations
A new report updates evidence on the benefits of smoking cessation and features evidence-based intervention approaches, including many from The Community Guide.
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February 2020
New Implementation Resource for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
CDC has released a new resource to help communities and health systems implement tailored pharmacy-based interventions to improve medication adherence for cardiovascular disease prevention, which are recommended by the CPSTF.
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January 2020
Active People, Healthy Nation Features CPSTF-Recommended Strategies
CDC launched Active People, Healthy NationSM to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027. The initiative promotes CPSTF-recommended strategies that work at the state and local level.
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January 2020
Join us online for the CPSTF Meeting February 12
Join the CPSTF for this web-based meeting! Discussion topics will include HIV screening, cardiovascular disease prevention and control, tobacco cessation, mental health, and sleep health.
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January 2020
School-Based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma
Evidence from a systematic review shows school-based, self-management interventions reduce emergency department and hospital visits among children and adolescents with asthma.
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November 2019
Publication Features Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Intervention
A new publication features economic evidence from a systematic review of multicomponent interventions to increase screenings for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.
News
November 2019
CPSTF 2018-2019 Annual Report to Congress
The 2018-2019 Annual Report to Congress: Supporting Community Health and National Security highlights the military’s success in reducing tobacco use among active duty service members using evidence-based strategies, including CPSTF recommendations.
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October 2019
CPSTF Announces New Chair and Vice-Chair
Dr. Ned Calonge and Dr. Alison Evans Cuellar to serve as chair and vice-chair of the CPSTF.
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October 2019
Education Related to Life Expectancy
Community Guide scientists have published a new paper that outlines the relationship between educational achievement and life expectancy.