Evidence-Based Practices

Information and resources related to evidence-based programs and policies

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  A group of medical and public health experts that develops recommendations on how to use vaccines to control diseases in the United States
• CDC Guidelines and Recommendations
  One-stop shop for guidelines or recommendations developed by CDC (and CDC collaborations with other organizations and agencies), or by CDC federal advisory committees; includes recommendations, strategies, and information to help decision makers choose courses of action in specific situations
• Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Through Health Care Website
  Information on policies and practices that leverage the healthcare system to help prevent HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB infections
• Compendium of Proven Community-Based Prevention Programs
  Compendium of 79 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs that have saved lives and improved health
• Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide)
  Resource that helps users choose evidence-based programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in communities
• Prevention Status Reports
  Reports that highlight—for all 50 states and the District of Columbia—the status of public health policies and practices designed to prevent or reduce 10 important public health problems
• US Preventive Services Task Force
  Independent panel of nonfederal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that conducts scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services and develops recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems