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The Community Guide

CDC Stacks Public Health Publications

The Community Guide is a collection of evidence-based recommendations and findings from the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). CPSTF makes evidence-based recommendations about the effectiveness and economic value of public health programs, services, and other interventions used in real-world settings such as communities, worksites, schools, faith-based organizations, military bases, public health clinics and departments, and integrated healthcare systems. For more information, visit https://www.thecommunityguide.org/. Bookmark this collection: https://stacks.cdc.gov/collection_community_guide

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  • Substance Use Community Interventions involving Coalitions or Partnerships to Prevent Substance Use among Youth Updated 2026
    Substance Use: Community Interventions involving Coalitions or Partnerships to Prevent Substance Use among Youth, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Youth substance use is associated with increased risk for behavioral and academic problems, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, being involved in or experiencing violence, injuries, and mental health symptoms (such as anxiety and depression), among others (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2016). Preventing or delay ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Substance Use Familybased Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Youth Updated 2026
    Substance Use: Family-based Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Youth, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Youth substance use is associated with increased risk for delinquency, academic underachievement, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, perpetrating or experiencing violence, injuries, and mental health problems (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2016). Preventing or delaying substance use initiation among youth (defi ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Social Determinants of Health Healthy School Meals for All Updated 2026
    Social Determinants of Health: Healthy School Meals for All, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Food and nutrition security is an established social determinant of health (CDC 2022, Serchen et al. 2022). It exists when people have consistent physical, social, and economic access to affordable foods and beverages that promote health and prevent adverse health outcomes (CDC 2022, Mozaffarian et al. 2021). Families from historically dis ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response NonPharmaceutical Interventions to Reduce Transmission of Viral Respiratory Infections in LongTerm Care Communities Updated 2026
    Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Reduce Transmission of Viral Respiratory Infections in Long-Term Care Communities, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Long-term care (LTC) communities provide a broad range of health, personal care, and supportive services to residents who may have limited selfcare capabilities due to physical, cognitive, or mental disability. Individuals may receive long-term care services in a variety of settings, including residential care communities or group homes, c ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Teambased Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control Updated 2026
    Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Team-based Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Intervention Definition: Team-based care to improve blood pressure control is a health systems-level, organizational intervention that uses a multidisciplinary team to improve the quality of care. Team-based care is established by adding new staff or changing the roles of existing staff who work with a primary care provider.Each team includes the p ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Substance Use Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Youth Updated 2026
    Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Youth, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Youth substance use is associated with increased risk for behavioral and academic problems, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, being involved in or experiencing violence, injuries, and mental health symptoms (such as anxiety and depression) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2016). Preventing or delaying substance ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Asthma Schoolbased SelfManagement Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma Updated 2026
    Asthma: School-based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease among children in the United States, affecting approximately 6 million children, or one out of every 12 (Zahran et al. 2018). The burden of childhood asthma in the United States is disproportionate, with higher rates in urban settings and low-income and minority communities (Woods et al. 2016; ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Cancer Screening Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers Colorectal Cancer Updated 2026
    Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers - Colorectal Cancer, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    CPSTF Finding (April 2019): The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage CHWs to increase colorectal cancer screening (by colonoscopy or fecal occult blood test [FOBT]) based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Studies included in the systematic review showed increases in colorectal cancer screening rat ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Tailored Pharmacybased Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence Updated 2026
    Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Tailored Pharmacy-based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Intervention Definition: Tailored pharmacy-based interventions aim to help patients with cardiovascular disease risk conditions take their medications as prescribed. Community or health system pharmacies use assessment tools or interviews to identify adherence barriers for each patient. Pharmacists then provide tailored guidance and services to red ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Cancer Screening Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers Cervical Cancer Updated 2026
    Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers - Cervical Cancer, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    CPSTF Finding (April 2019): The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage CHWs to increase cervical cancer screening (by Pap smear) based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Studies included in the systematic review showed increases in cervical cancer screening rates when CHWs delivered interventions alo ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • HIV Prevention Clinical Decision Support System to Increase HIV Screening Updated 2026
    HIV Prevention: Clinical Decision Support System to Increase HIV Screening, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: In 2018, 1.04 million adults and adolescents in the United States were living with diagnosed HIV infection, including around 38,000 new diagnoses (CDC 2020 [https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-31.pdf]). The highest rates of diagnosis were for people aged 20-29 years, Black o ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Cancer Screening Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers Breast Cancer Updated 2026
    Cancer Screening: Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers - Breast Cancer, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/08/27 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    CPSTF Finding (April 2019) The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage CHWs to increase breast cancer screening (by mammography) based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Studies included in the systematic review showed increases in breast cancer screening rates when CHWs delivered interventions indepe ...
    Current Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Services to Increase Breast Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screenings and Advance Health Equity Updated July 2026
    Cancer Screening: Patient Navigation Services to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings and Advance Health Equity, Updated July 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/31 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Screenings for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers, combined with appropriate follow-up, diagnosis and treatment, can reduce cancer mortality, and in some cases reduce cancer incidence (USPSTF 2016 [https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening], 2018 [https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskf ...
    Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Mental Health MultiTiered TraumaInformed School Programs to Improve Mental Health Among Youth Updated 2026
    Mental Health: Multi-Tiered Trauma-Informed School Programs to Improve Mental Health Among Youth, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/31 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Trauma is a response to an event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening and can have lasting adverse effects on the individual's mental, physical, and emotional well-being (SAMHSA Concept of Trauma 2014 [https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/userfiles/files/SAMH ...
    Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Physical Activity Homebased Exercise Interventions for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older Updated 2026
    Physical Activity: Home-based Exercise Interventions for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/31 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Adults aged 65 years and older gain substantial health benefits from regular physical activity. Physical activity can preserve physical function and mobility, which may help maintain independence longer and delay the onset of major disability (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2018). Exercises for muscle strength and balance com ...
    Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Oral Health School Fluoride Varnish Delivery Programs Updated 2026
    Oral Health: School Fluoride Varnish Delivery Programs, Updated 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/31 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    Context: Untreated tooth decay, one of the most prevalent diseases among children, diminishes the ability to eat, speak, learn, and play (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2000). Prevalence is significantly higher among children from families with lower incomes as well as racial and ethnic minority groups (Centers for Disease Control and ...
    Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Substance Use Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents Analytic Framework
    Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents: Analytic Framework
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/01 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    This Analytic Framework supports the report Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents, available in this repository at https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/168647Text Description: Analytic Framework: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among AdolescentsDigital interventions for substance use prevention are i ...
    Public Domain
  • Substance Use Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents Included Studies
    Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents: Included Studies
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/01 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    This Included Studies bibliography supports the report Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents, available in this repository at https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/168647
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  • Substance Use Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents Search Strategy
    Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents: Search Strategy
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/01 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    This Search Strategy supports the report Substance Use: Digital Interventions to Prevent Substance Use among Adolescents, available in this repository at https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/168647
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  • Social Determinants of Health Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs Community Preventive Services Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement Ratified December 2023 Updated July 2026
    Social Determinants of Health: Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs: Community Preventive Services Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement: Ratified December 2023: Updated July 2026
    Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)
    2026/07/01 | CPSTF Finding and Rationale Statement
    The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) findings and recommendations for "Social Determinants of Health: Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs" are based on systematic reviews of evidence of effectiveness and economic impact. All CPSTF findings and recommendations were originally published in The Community Guide.The 2023 Findings and ...
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