Community Preventive Services Task Force 2016 annualreport to Congress

This 2016 Annual Report to Congress highlights the work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) in fiscal year (FY) 2015. In this report, you will find • Links to stories of how states, healthcare systems, and communities used Task Force recommendations to address health needs, including examples of the effects of using evidence to improve public health outcomes • Links to a list of the 17 evidence-based findings the Task Force produced • Evidence gaps related to the 17 findings that funders, researchers and evaluators can fill to strengthen the evidence • Priorities for future Task Force work. The work of the Task Force supports public health professionals’ use of evidence to improve public health outcomes and encourages research and evaluation to fill gaps in the evidence. CS265891A 2016-congress-report-full.pdf

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