Dr. Alison Cuellar

Yeah, Alison, go ahead. Sure. I mean, I can tell you a little bit about the task force and how we arrive at recommendations. So the task force is a group of 15 public health and prevention experts. We have a variety of expertise and backgrounds working in health departments or universities or in health coalitions.

Yeah, Alison, go ahead. Sure. I mean, I can tell you a little bit about the task force and how we arrive at recommendations. So the task force is a group of 15 public health and prevention experts. We have a variety of expertise and backgrounds working in health departments or universities or in health coalitions.

So the members of the task force have backgrounds as nurses, physicians, social workers, epidemiologists, health economists, and similar. The role of the task force then is with the support of the community guide program staff to review the evidence and provide recommendations and findings on programs and services and interventions that are at the population health level.

So the members of the task force have backgrounds as nurses, physicians, social workers, epidemiologists, health economists, and similar. The role of the task force then is with the support of the community guide program staff to review the evidence and provide recommendations and findings on programs and services and interventions that are at the population health level.

So that means they're broadly targeted. The audience is communities, schools, public health departments, employers, the military, pharmacies, integrated healthcare, faith-based organizations, and related groups. So it's more expansive than your preventive service in a doctor's office. You might have your cholesterol checked. That is frequently a one-on-one, as we call it, visit with a clinician.

So that means they're broadly targeted. The audience is communities, schools, public health departments, employers, the military, pharmacies, integrated healthcare, faith-based organizations, and related groups. So it's more expansive than your preventive service in a doctor's office. You might have your cholesterol checked. That is frequently a one-on-one, as we call it, visit with a clinician.

And what we're talking about here with the Community Preventive Services Task Force are typically services that are delivered one-to-many, right? In... a group population health kind of context. If you don't mind, I would like to add that the structure of the CPSTF is an important part of that structure are the liaison organizations. There are 32 of them.

And what we're talking about here with the Community Preventive Services Task Force are typically services that are delivered one-to-many, right? In... a group population health kind of context. If you don't mind, I would like to add that the structure of the CPSTF is an important part of that structure are the liaison organizations. There are 32 of them.

They're organizations and federal agencies, a wide range. So Indian Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Armed Forces, NIH, the Association, the... Back up.

They're organizations and federal agencies, a wide range. So Indian Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Armed Forces, NIH, the Association, the... Back up.

The American Public Health Association, National Governors Association, National Association of County and City Health Officials, representatives from pediatrics, physician assistants, school health programs, state health departments. I haven't even covered them all, but they're 32 in all. And they're an incredibly important part of our work. They help promote the guide, its findings.

The American Public Health Association, National Governors Association, National Association of County and City Health Officials, representatives from pediatrics, physician assistants, school health programs, state health departments. I haven't even covered them all, but they're 32 in all. And they're an incredibly important part of our work. They help promote the guide, its findings.

They help select and prioritize which interventions we're gonna look at next. And they also serve as experts on our coordination teams. When we get ready to do a systematic review, they're an important part of the expert input that we then receive. And ultimately, they help translate our recommendations into practice. So that's basically the structure of the operation.

They help select and prioritize which interventions we're gonna look at next. And they also serve as experts on our coordination teams. When we get ready to do a systematic review, they're an important part of the expert input that we then receive. And ultimately, they help translate our recommendations into practice. So that's basically the structure of the operation.

I can certainly take a stab at it and then turn to Amy and Tom. It's a great question. And obviously there are just an enormous number of interventions that we could be looking at. And we go through a prioritization process. We seek input from the community from the nation, right, through the Federal Register. We say, we want your input. We go through our liaisons. We do extensive outreach.

I can certainly take a stab at it and then turn to Amy and Tom. It's a great question. And obviously there are just an enormous number of interventions that we could be looking at. And we go through a prioritization process. We seek input from the community from the nation, right, through the Federal Register. We say, we want your input. We go through our liaisons. We do extensive outreach.

And we're guided by Healthy People, the latest iteration of information in Healthy People, both on what are the important topics What are the populations that are impacted? What might be the reach of a given kind of intervention? And so we place ourselves within the healthy people information, I would say. Amy, did you want to add to that?

And we're guided by Healthy People, the latest iteration of information in Healthy People, both on what are the important topics What are the populations that are impacted? What might be the reach of a given kind of intervention? And so we place ourselves within the healthy people information, I would say. Amy, did you want to add to that?

Oh, I love that question. And I'm excited to say that I think the community guide can help. locus of what is the priority for your community is going to be with your community. And where the community guide can help is to say, well, let's say you want to focus on substance use and you want to focus on substance use for youth, let's say.

Oh, I love that question. And I'm excited to say that I think the community guide can help. locus of what is the priority for your community is going to be with your community. And where the community guide can help is to say, well, let's say you want to focus on substance use and you want to focus on substance use for youth, let's say.