Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117279

Peter Briss, MD, MPH, Division of Scientific Communications, National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, 404-498-6292, PBriss@cdc.gov and Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD, Program Director, US Preventive Services Task Force, Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), is the leading independent panel of nationally renowned, non-federal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. Its recommendations—compiled in the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services—are considered the "gold standard" recommendations for clinical preventive services. The Guide to Community Preventive Services (the Community Guide)—at nine years of age, a relative newcomer to the field of evidence-based practice —has quickly emerged as a leader in evidence-based public health. The Community Guide, developed under the leadership of the independent, non-federal, Task Force on Community Preventive Services, is an essential resource for evidence-based public health.

In this session, we will • Provide a brief history of both Guides and both Task Forces • Describe the methodologies used by the Task Forces • Discuss recent recommendations and topic releases • Discuss recent efforts to disseminate the results to users and facilitate translation of evidence-based findings into practice and policy • And discuss use of the Guides to identify critical gaps needing further research.

The Guides are invaluable resources spanning the continuum of prevention ranging from individually focused care to health care system changes and community interventions. Audiences including health care and public health professionals, state and local health departments, government agencies, policy makers, purchasers of health care and public health services, and research funders can use this information to help bridge the gaps between the best available science and effective health care and public health action.

Learning Objectives:

• • Be familiar with the work of the USPSTF and the Community Task Force
• • Understand the utility and application of recommended interventions and “insufficient evidence” findings
• • Understand the relationship between the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services and the Community Guide and how the two resources can be used complementarily
• • Understand how evidence-based findings can be implemented practically in clinical and community settings

Keywords: Community Preventive Services, Clinical Prevention Services

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.