The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force) is an independent, nonfederal, volunteer body of public health and prevention experts that meets three times per year. The mission of this task force is to carry out systematic reviews of prevention intervention that can be carried out in communities, and to develop recommendations based on the findings of these reviews. These two-day meetings of Task Force members and consultants, Liaison organization representatives and Community Guide staff are open to the public.
 
The purpose of the Task Force Meeting are:

• Provide oversight on Community Guide reviews
  
• Carefully consider review results and their implications for public health practice and policy
  
• Make recommendations for interventions shown to promote population health
  
• Identify areas within the reviewed topics that need more research
  

The next Task Force Meeting will be held on February 22-23, 2012 in Atlanta, GA.

Planned topics for the February Task Force Meeting:

1. Tobacco
2. Skin Cancer
3. CVD
4. Mental Health
5. Alcohol

Check out the Task Force Meeting website for more information.

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