The Community Guide

Webinar: Pathways to Integrate Evidence-Based Approaches
Learn about The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) from its director, Dr. Shawna Mercer; identify ways boards of health can use evidence-based resources; and hear from NALBOH field consultants who worked directly with boards of health in Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington to improve utilization of evidence-based approaches and public health outcomes. 

• A "How-To" for Governing Boards of Health 
• A "How-To" for Policy-Making Boards of Health 
• A "How-To" for Advisory Boards of Health 

State-Specific Webinars 
Learn more about how your board of health can use evidence-based approaches identified in The Community Guide through these webinars:

• Learn How Boards of Health Can Effectively Save Public Health Money (Nebraska)
  
• How Boards of Health in North Carolina Can Implement Evidence-Based Approaches to Save Money and Lives (North Carolina)
  
• The Community Guide: What It Is and How To Use It (Washington) 
  
• A Webinar for Boards of Health in Missouri: Five Ways The Community Guide Can Help You Become a Better Board Member (Missouri)   
  

NALBOH Factsheets - Download these free pdfs:

• Benefits and Uses of The Community Guide for Boards of Health
• Boards of Health Putting The Community Guide to Work
• Boards of Health Addressing Vaccinations Through The Community Guide
• Boards of Health Addressing Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Through The Community Guide
• Boards of Health Addressing Physical Activity Through The Community Guide
• Boards of Health Addressing Motor Vehicle Injury Through The Community Guide
• Five Ways the Public Health Governing Body Can Incorporate Evidence-Based Approaches Into Their Responsibilities
• Eight Ways Governing Bodies Can Support Public Health Accreditation and the Use of Evidence-Based Approaches

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) is an independent, nonfederal, volunteer body of public health and prevention experts that meets three times per year. The Task Force serves the following purposes:

• Provide oversight on Community Guide reviews
• Carefully 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

Granville-Vance District Health Department (NC) adopted a policy identifying the board's commitment to use the Community Guide as a resource to help choose evidence-based programs, practices, and policies "...to better improve health and prevent disease, injury, and disability in our communities. This resource will enable the board to better advise, support advocacy, and justify funding decisions..." Read the entire policy, signed April 5, 2011.  

Interested in Developing a similar policy or resolution?

Contact NALBOH for a step-by-step approach.