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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Created in 1984, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent group of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, or preventive medications. The USPSTF is made up of 16 volunteer members who come from the fields of preventive medicine and primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, obstetrics/gynecology, and nursing. All members volunteer their time to serve on the USPSTF, and most are practicing clinicians.
The Community Guide
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) is a collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). It is a resource to help you select interventions to improve health and prevent disease in your state, community, community organization, business, healthcare organization, or school.
The Community Guide
- Uses a science-based approach to determine whether an intervention approach works and is cost-effective.
- Helps you identify and select intervention approaches for behavior change, disease prevention, and environmental change across more than 22 health topics
- Identifies where there is insufficient evidence and more research is needed
- Complements decision support tools, such as Healthy People 2020
- and the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
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