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Announcements
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
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October 2019
Jonathan E. Fielding Community Guide Champion Award Recognizes Two Public Health Leaders
Dr. Jonathan Fielding and Dr. Robert (Bob) Brewer are the first two recipients of the Jonathan E. Fielding Community Guide Champion Award.
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September 2019
Housing First Promotes Health Equity
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First programs (Housing First) to promote health equity for people who are experiencing homelessness and have a disability, including those with HIV infection.
News
September 2019
Community Guide Celebration
CPSTF members, liaisons, partners, and Community Guide staff and friends came together to celebrate more than two decades of achievements.
News
September 2019
Nevada Expands Full-Day Kindergarten
A new Community Guide in Action story features Nevada decision makers who expanded full-day kindergarten programs to promote health equity.
News
September 2019
AMIGAS Community Guide in Action Story Now in Spanish!
Una historia que aparece en “La guía para la comunidad en acción” presenta el programa AMIGAS, que usó promotoras de salud conforme a las recomendaciones de la Guía para la comunidad y más que duplicó las tasas de realización de pruebas de detección de cáncer de cuello uterino.
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September 2019
School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Programs
The CPSTF recommends universal and targeted school-based cognitive behavioral therapy programs to prevent or reduce depression and anxiety symptoms among school-aged children and adolescents.