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Audio Clips
Community Guide audio clips feature stories about the Community Guide in Action and shine a spotlight on public health leaders who use The Community Guide in their work.
In Their Own Words
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In Their Own Words
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In Their Own Words
Topic
Physical Activity
Enhancing the Built Environment to Increase Physical Activity: Translating CPSTF Recommendations into Practice
We are affected by the world around us, and evidence shows that combined approaches to enhance the built environment can increase physical activity. Drs. Shiriki Kumanyika and David Hopkins and Mr. Chris Kochtitzky talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about the systematic review evidence and how the CPSTF recommendation for combined built environment approaches can be implemented in communities.
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Recorded June, 2018
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In Their Own Words
Topic
Obesity
School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity: What Works and How it Can Improve Children’s Health
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends three school-based intervention approaches to prevent childhood obesity. Drs. Jamie Chriqui and Ramona Finnie and Ms. Caitlin Merlo talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about the systematic review evidence and how the CPSTF recommendations can be implemented in schools to improve children’s health.
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Recorded October, 2017
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In Their Own Words
Topic
Diabetes
Prevent Diabetes STAT™: Using Evidence from Clinical and Community-Based Research
Prevent Diabetes STAT™—a national campaign targeting providers to screen, test, and act today to help patients with prediabetes—was developed using recommendations from the Community Preventive Services Task Force and the Clinical Preventive Services Task Force. Drs. Christopher Holliday and Patrick Remington talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about the development of the campaign and the benefits of drawing from evidence-based recommendations.
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Recorded October, 2016
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Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Spotlight: Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika served as a Community Preventive Services Task Force member from 2013-2021. When this was recorded in 2018, she was a research professor in the Department of Community Health & Prevention at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. In this audio clip she discusses the value of the CPSTF and how The Community Guide can be used to address health disparities and promote health equity.
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Recorded June, 2018
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Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Spotlight: John M. Clymer
John Clymer, a member of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) since 2002, chaired the committee responsible for the 2017 Annual Report to Congress: Providing the Science to Support Military Readiness and Resilience. Mr. Clymer has testified before various legislatures, given numerous Congressional briefings, and appeared on NBC Nightly News, Fox News, CNBC, public radio, and in print media such as The New York Times and USA Today. Listen to him talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about the 2017 Annual Report to Congress and how CPSTF recommendations have been used to improve the health and safety of our military and how they can be used to benefit our military going forward.
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Recorded February, 2018
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Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Spotlight: Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS
Dr. Jamie Chriqui has been a Community Preventive Services Task Force member since 2016. She is a professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a leading authority on public health policy surveillance and evaluation. Listen to her talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about her experiences and how decision makers at all levels can use CPSTF findings to improve health and safety in their communities.
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Recorded October, 2017
Type
Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Tobacco
Spotlight: William Calvert, MS, MPH, MBA
William Calvert, deputy director for population health with the United States Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center has served as a Liaison to the Community Preventive Services Task Force since 1998. In recent years, the U.S. Navy has used Task Force recommendations to reduce tobacco use and improve the health for their active duty, beneficiary, and civilian workforce – about 827,000 people world-wide. Listen to him discuss how his center has used The Community Guide to help ensure workforce readiness in support of the National Military Strategy.
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Recorded February, 2017
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Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Spotlight: Jennifer Bishop-Crawford, ScD, MPH
Dr. Jennifer Bishop-Crawford has used The Community Guide as a resource throughout her careers in public health and education. Listen to her talk with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about development of the women’s health fact sheet and how she’s come to rely on The Community Guide as a dependable resource.
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Recorded October, 2016
Type
Spotlight
Topic
The Community Guide
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Spotlight: Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA
Dr. Jonathan Fielding served on the Community Preventive Services Task Force from 1996 to 2019 and as chair from 2001-2019. He was also a founding member of the U.S. Clinical Preventive Services Task Force. When this was recorded, Dr. Fielding worked as a distinguished professor of health policy and management and pediatrics, in the Fielding School of Public Health and the Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles and served on the Board of Directors of the American Legacy Foundation. In this audio clip he talks with CDC’s Dr. John Anderton about his experiences and the future public health endeavors of the CPSTF.
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Recorded October, 2016
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