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Community Guide Fact Sheet
The Community Guide fact sheet outlines the work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force, noting the range of topics addressed and how recommendations can be used to improve community health and safety.
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Community Guide: Evidence Gaps
Systematic review teams identify critical gaps in the evidence that limit the CPSTF’s ability to determine if an intervention approach works, how it might affect populations differently, or whether there are economic benefits. This webpage outlines where to find evidence gaps for each systematic review and information about how to use CPSTF findings of insufficient evidence.
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List of All Active CPSTF Findings
This printer-friendly document features all active CPSTF findings and recommendations, categorized by topic area. You can hyperlink directly to each systematic review or the related topic areas to learn more about the review and access supporting materials and dissemination pieces.
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Who We Are, What We Do
This report describes The Community Guide and the work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force, including how they engage partners, select topics, prioritize intervention approaches, conduct systematic reviews, make decisions about findings, and disseminate information about what works to promote health. A printer-friendly version is also available.
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One Pager - Cardiovascular Disease: Pharmacy-based Medication Adherence Interventions
This one page handout summarizes the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendation and systematic review evidence for tailored pharmacy-based adherence interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention.
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One Pager - Clinical Decision Support Systems to Increase HIV Screening
This one page handout summarizes the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendation and the effectiveness evidence for clinical decision support systems (CDSS) to increase HIV screening.
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One Pager - Health Equity: Tenant-Based Housing Voucher Programs
This one page handout summarizes the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendation and systematic review evidence for tenant-based housing voucher programs to improve health and health-related outcomes for adults and to advance health equity.
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One Pager - Increasing Appropriate Breast Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers
This one page handout summarizes the CPSTF recommendation for interventions that engage community health workers to increase screening for breast cancer by mammography.
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One Pager - Increasing Appropriate Cervical Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers
This one page handout summarizes the CPSTF recommendation for interventions that engage community health workers to increase screening for cervical cancer by Pap smear. Economic evidence shows these interventions are cost-effective.
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One Pager - Increasing Appropriate Colorectal Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers
This one page handout summarizes the CPSTF recommendation for interventions that engage community health workers to increase screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy or fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Economic evidence shows these interventions are cost-effective and may also result in net cost savings.
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