The Community Guide is a product of the Community Preventative Task Force in the US. The Community Preventive Services Task Force was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in 1996 to develop guidance on which community-based health promotion and disease prevention interventions work and which do not work, based on available scientific evidence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the DHHS agency that provides the Task Force with technical and administrative support following a systematic review process. These recommendations are made in a US policy and services context and may not apply fully to the UK. In the field of substance misuse, alcohol, the following recommendations have been made (terms in the brackets relate to the terminology used in this review) Interventions Directed to the General Population Recommended March 2010 Recommended August 2012 Recommended June 2007 Recommended June 2008 Recommended February 2009 Insufficient Evidence March 2010
The Community Guide is a product of the Community Preventative Task Force in the US. The Community Preventive Services Task Force was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in 1996 to develop guidance on which community-based health promotion and disease prevention interventions work and which do not work, based on available scientific evidence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the DHHS agency that provides the Task Force with technical and administrative support following a systematic review process. These recommendations are made in a US policy and services context and may not apply fully to the UK. In the field of substance misuse, alcohol, the following recommendations have been made (terms in the brackets relate to the terminology used in this review) Interventions Directed to the General Population Recommended March 2010 Recommended August 2012 Recommended June 2007 Recommended June 2008 Recommended February 2009 Insufficient Evidence March 2010
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