Guide to Community Preventive Services

<p>The gold standard for evidence-based public health <em>The Guide to Community Preventive Services</em> is a primary resource to improve health and prevent disease in states communities independent nonfederal Task Force on Community Preventive Services <em>The Guide</em> uses comprehensive systemic review methods to evaluate population-oriented health interventions. The recommendations of the Task Force are explicitly linked to the scientific evidence developed during systematic reviews. This volume examines the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to combat such risky behaviors as tobacco use physical inactivity and violence; to reduce the impact and suffering of specific conditions such as cancer diabetes vaccine-preventable diseases and motor vehicle injuries; and to address social determinants oh health such as education housing and access to care. The chapters are grouped into three broad categories: changing risk behaviors; reducing specific diseases injuries and impairments; and methodological background for the book itself.</p>