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Developing the Guide to Community Preventive Services--overview and rationale. The Task Force on Community Preventive
B I Truman1, C K Smith-Akin, A R Hinman
1Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. bit1@cdc.gov
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
|May 12, 2000
Summary
The Guide to Community Preventive Services offers evidence-based recommendations for public health interventions. It aims to improve community health by reducing illness, disability, and environmental hazards through systematic reviews.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Health Policy
Background:
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services (the Guide) is a national initiative to promote evidence-based public health.
- It focuses on interventions for defined populations to reduce illness, disability, and environmental hazards.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide systematic reviews and evidence-based recommendations for community preventive services.
- To guide public health practitioners, policymakers, and funders in selecting effective interventions.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature reviews conducted by subject matter experts, methodologists, and scientific staff.
- Development of recommendations based on evidence of effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility.
- Addressing methodologic challenges in assessing complex, nonrandomized intervention studies.
Main Results:
- The Guide will publish recommendations on public health interventions.
- It will identify interventions that are effective, cost-efficient, and feasible for community implementation.
- It will also highlight interventions that are not recommended and those requiring further evaluation.
Conclusions:
- The Guide represents a significant national effort to encourage evidence-based public health practice.
- It empowers stakeholders to implement recommended interventions, abandon ineffective ones, and evaluate promising new strategies.
- Continuous critical appraisal of the Guide's content and intervention effectiveness is encouraged.