The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Developing an Evidence Base for Public Health
January 11, 2006, 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET

The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a product of the Community Preventive Services Task Force, which makes recommendations for the use of population oriented interventions (i.e., interventions performed in communities or health care systems that are delivered to groups of people). Recommendations are based on the evidence gathered in the rigorous and systematic scientific reviews of published studies conducted by the Guide’s review teams. This audioconference will feature leaders of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, and will focus on:

• Setting the stage for evidence-based public health;
• Methods used in developing the guide;
• Using evidence-based recommended policies and practices
  in public health and health care settings; and
• Research questions and opportunities.

Moderator & Overview
Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Director of Public Health & Health Officer
Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County,
Professor of Health Services and Pediatrics, UCLA, and
Chair, Task Force on Community Preventive Services

Panelists
Peter A. Briss, M.D., M.P.H.
Captain, U.S. Public Health Services
Chief, Community Guide Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

George Isham, M.D., M.S.
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer
HealthPartners

Reactor – Research Questions and Opportunities
Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H., Dean
Alumni Distinguished Professor
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill