Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Finding for Year-Round Schooling to Increase Health Equity

Erratum: Vol. 66, No. 35

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recently posted new information about its finding of insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of yearround schooling in improving academic achievement. The information for “Health Equity: Year-Round Schooling” is available at https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/ health-equity-year-round-schooling. Established in 1996 by the...

School-Based Health Centers to Promote Health Equity: Recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

Task Force Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends the implementation and maintenance of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in low-income communities, based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving educational and health outcomes. Improved educational outcomes include school performance, grade promotion, and high school completion. Improved health outcomes i...

Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Interventions Engaging Community Health Workers for Diabetes Management

High school completion programs recommended to improve health equity.

Task Force Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends high school completion programs for students at high risk for non-completion, based on strong evidence of effectiveness. The Task Force also recommends high school completion programs for a subset of students who are at risk for non-completion because they are pregnant or have children, based on strong evidence of effect...

Education programs are likely to improve health, but will they improve health equity?

Education is a strong predictor of health and longevity: the higher a person’s level of education, the greater the likelihood of a long and healthy life. This is true in the U.S. as well as in other parts of the world. The association is stronger in some countries than in others— for example, in the U.S. than in most Western European countries, perhaps because of greater economic returns to sch...