Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Health: 2012 Success Stories from PHF's "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest
July 18, 2012
In February 2012, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) launched the 2012 “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest to help identify model practices for implementing the evidence-based strategies outlined in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide). Success stories were submitted into the...
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St. James-Santee Family Health Center: 1st Place Winner, “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest
July 27, 2011
Community Guide UseThe St. James-Santee Family Health Center used The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) to implement a breast and cervical cancer screening promotion program, which increased Pap smear and mammogram rates by 10% and decreased missed appointment rates by 30%...
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Duval County Health Department: 2nd Place Winner, “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest
July 27, 2011
Community Guide UseThe Duval County Health Department used vaccination findings and recommendations from The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) to increase 4:3:1:3:3:1 series immunization rates among their two-year-old population by 15% in two years. Click the PDF icon to ...
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Whidbey General Hospital: 3rd Place Winner, “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest
July 27, 2011
Community Guide UseWhidbey General Hospital used tobacco interventions from The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) to achieve a tobacco quit rate of 35-40% in one year. Click the PDF icon to download the full text of this Community Guide success story.
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Increasing Tob...
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Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Health: Success Stories from PHF’s “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest
July 26, 2011
In June 2011, the Public Health Foundation’s “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest helped to identify model practices for implementing the evidence-based strategies outlined in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide). Fourteen success stories were entered into the contest, which...
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Immunization Strategies: Using the Evidence and What Works to Improve Practice
Join us for the on demand webcast Immunization Strategies: Using the Evidence and What Works to Improve Practice to increase your knowledge of evidence-based strategies to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. This program is the first from Public Health Works, a new training series that benefits the...
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Adoption and Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Health: 2013 Success Stories from PHF's "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest
In October 2012, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) launched the 2013 “I’m Your Community Guide!” Contest to help identify model practices for implementing the evidence-based strategies outlined in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide). Success stories were submitted into...
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