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The
Alcohol Abuse and Misuse Prevention topic area will
summarize published evidence on the effectiveness of
population-based interventions that have been used
in communities to reduce alcohol abuse and misuse.
Interventions Under Review:
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services
will provide recommendations for the following
interventions to prevent alcohol abuse and misuse.
Each recommendation will be based on the
strength of the evidence of effectiveness found
during the systematic reviews.
A determination that evidence is insufficient
should not be confused with evidence of
ineffectiveness.
A recommendation of insufficient evidence may
reveal gaps in the findings where future prevention
research is needed.
Decision makers should consider these
evidence-based recommendations and local needs,
goals, and constraints when choosing appropriate
interventions.
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Anticipated
Date of Publication:
February
2003
The Guide to Community Preventive Services
(Community Guide) provides public health
decision makers with recommendations regarding
population-based interventions to promote health and
to prevent disease, injury, disability, and
premature death,
appropriate for use by communities and health care
systems. The 15-member independent Task Force on
Community Preventive Services, makes its
recommendations based on systematic reviews of
topics in three general areas: changing risk
behaviors; reducing diseases, injuries and
impairments; and addressing environmental and
ecosystem challenges (see Am J Prev Med 2000;18
(1S):18-26). The Community Guide is a
federally sponsored initiative and is part of a
family of federal initiatives including Healthy
People 2010 and the Guide to Clinical
Preventive Services.
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