Community Preventive Services Task Force
2014-2015 Annual Report to Congress,

Federal Agencies and Prevention Stakeholders,
including a Special Update on Recommendations to Prevent Cancers

Guiding Community Health Outcomes through Evidence

In this 2014–2015 Annual Report to Congress, the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) helps to build the evidence base for public health programs, policies, and services. This report includes past accomplishments and lays out future priorities and plans. The Task Force features its work in strengthening our nation's ability to prevent cancers—all-too-common illnesses that place a great burden on individuals, their families, places of work, communities, and our healthcare system. The report also includes areas where more research and programs are needed to prevent and reduce cancers.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, nonpartisan, nonfederal, unpaid 15-member panel of public health and prevention experts appointed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its members represent a broad range of local, state, and national research, practice, and policy expertise in community preventive services, public health, health promotion, and disease prevention. Learn more atwww.thecommunityguide.org.

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - Fourth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services
The work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force complements that of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

which makes recommendations about the effectiveness of clinical preventive services and health promotion. Taken together, the recommendations of the two Task Forces provide our nation with knowledge of how health is improved by prevention in both clinical and community settings. In this report, the USPSTF has prioritized evidence gaps related to the care of children and adolescents.