Partnership for Prevention - Reports and Resources

Reports and Resources

Partnership for Prevention's pdf download archive of prevention-related tools and resources on the following topics: Action Guides Clinical Preventive Services Cost of Prevention Implementation Tools Medicare Obesity, Activity and Nutrition Poli cy Recommendations Prevention-Centered Health Reform Tobacco Use Worksite Health
Action Guides The Community Health Promotion Handbook: Action Guides to Improve Health (2008) — An evidence-based tool developed by Partnership for Prevention and CDC that translates specific recommendations from The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) into easy-to-follow implementation guidance. Topics address diabetes management, physical activity, and tobacco-use treatment. Smoke-Free Policies: Establishing a Smoke-Free Ordinance to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Indoor Worksites and Public Places—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool, based on a recommendation from The Guide to Community Preventive Services, that walks public health practitioners through the steps to build support for and establish a community smoke-free ordinance.	PDF Order
Clinical Preventive Services Primary Care Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Misuse: Ranking its Health Impact and Cost Effectiveness Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Preventive Care: A National Profile on Use, Disparities, and Health Benefits The report examines utilization of clinical preventive services for the nation as a whole and for racial and ethnic populations and estimates lives saved if the use of services improved.
Data Needed to Assess Use of High-Value Preventive Care: A Brief Report from the National Commission on Prevention Priorities Details the data needed to measure whether the U.S. population is using cost-effective preventive services.
Priorities Among Effective Clinical Preventive Services: Results of a Systematic Review and Analysis Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Priorities Among Effective Clinical Preventive Services: Methods Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Health Impact and Cost Effectiveness Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Influenza Vaccination: Health Impact and Cost Effectiveness Among Adults 50+ Years of Age Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Repeated Tobacco Use Screening and Intervention in Clinical Practice: Health Impact and Cost Effectiveness Reprint from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Why Invest? Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment A report offering an overview of the results of a national survey determining employer coverage for clinical preventive services, and comparing the results to key findings from Partnership's most recent analysis of services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The report also includes examples from organizations investing in preventive services for their employees and recommendations to employers for increasing the coverage and use of preventive services.
Cost of Prevention What Policymakers Need to Know About Cost Effectiveness Overview of the purpose and uses of cost-effectiveness analysis.
Guide to Smart Prevention Investments Tips for making smart investments in health.
Implementation Tools Chronic Disease Prevention Action Planning Handbook and Case Studies Guide for states and communities to develop and implement evidence-based, integrated chronic disease prevention programs.
Medicare Partnership for Prevention has developed materials to assist healthcare professionals in delivering the Welcome to Medicare Visit: Welcome to Medicare Visit Checklist for Healthcare Professionals Welcome to Medicare Visit Checklist for Patients Information Sheet
The Medicare Act of 2003 from a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Perspective The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 was not designed to emphasize health promotion and disease prevention for seniors, but presents several important opportunities
A Better Medicare for Healthier Seniors: Recommendations to Modernize Medicare's Prevention Policies Explores Medicare's history, including its coverage and delivery of preventive services, and offers policy options.
Obesity, Activity and Nutrition Places for Physical Activity: Facilitating Development of a Community Trail and Promoting Its Use to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth and Adults—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool developed by Partnership for Prevention and CDC that provides guidance on how to create opportunities for physical activity by developing a community trail and promoting its use. School-Based Physical Education: Working with Schools to Increase Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents in Physical Education Classes—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool developed by Partnership for Prevention and CDC that provides guidance on how to work with schools to increase physical activity among children and adolescents by enhancing physical education classes. Social Support for Physical Activity: Establishing a Community-Based Walking Group to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth and Adults—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool developed by Partnership for Prevention and CDC that provides guidance on how to increase physical activity by establishing a community-based walking group program. Straight Talk about Obesity and Health A fact sheet describing the scope, health impact, and economic impact of the epidemic of overweight and obesity.
Questions and Answers about the Number of Obesity-Related Deaths A fact sheet that answers questions about the number of obesity-related deaths and about the health impact of being overweight but not obese.
Creating Communities for Active Aging (2001) -- A guide for encouraging older adults to walk and bike.
From the Field: Four Communities Implement Active Aging Programs -- Provides examples of community programs and guidance on how communities can evaluate these efforts.
Program Evaluation: Measuring the Impact of Active Aging Programs -- Offers a step-by-step approach to evaluation that communities can apply to their own programs.
Policy Recommendations A Prevention Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress Partnership has identified policies for which strong evidence exists that the policy will significantly reduce disease or injury and that can be enacted with a very small (or no) budget impact.
Health Policy Priorities for States Summaries of evidence supporting eight policies.
Strengthening Adult Immunization: A Call to ActionSix effective, affordable and feasible actions the federal government should take to raise adult immunization rates.
Take Action to Prevent Chronic Diseases Seven recommendations to public health officials and policymakers on actions to improve health among Americans and to reduce health care costs associated with chronic diseases.
Preventive Services: Helping States Improve Mandates Results from analysis of state mandates for clinical preventive services.
Nine High-Impact Actions Congress Can Take to Protect and Promote the Nation's Health Recommendations of 9 national prevention policies that would prevent the most disease, injury and death at the best cost.
Prevention-Centered Health Reform Prevention-Centered Health Reform Recommendations for policy makers to make prevention the cornerstone of America's health system.
Tobacco Use Healthcare Provider Reminder Systems, Provider Education, and Patient Education: Working with Healthcare Delivery Systems to Improve the Delivery of Tobacco-Use Treatment to Patients—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool developed by Partnership for Prevention and CDC that provides guidance on how to work with healthcare delivery systems to improve rates of tobacco-use treatment. PDF ORDER Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Counseling and Treatment Testimony for the Interim Health and Welfare Committee of the Kentucky General Assembly. Delivered by Dr. Steven H. Woolf, Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University on behalf of Partnership for Prevention's National Commission on Prevention Priorities. Dr. Woolf argues that tobacco cessation counseling is more important than anything else doctors do and is a benchmark of health care system quality.
Smoke-Free Policies: Establishing a Smoke-Free Ordinance to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Indoor Worksites and Public Places—An Action Guide (2008) — An evidence-based tool, based on a recommendation from The Guide to Community Preventive Services, that walks public health practitioners through the steps to build support for and establish a community smoke-free ordinance.
Worksite Health COMING SOON! Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for the Workplace Investing in Health provides employers with guidance for establishing health promotion practices in the workplace. These practices improve employee health by controlling tobacco use, promoting cancer screening and early detection, and encouraging physical activity and healthy eating.
Communication series featuring business leaders, public health experts, and policy makers speaking on the benefits of creating healthy worksites and promoting employee wellness. Click here for podcasts
Leading by Example CEOs on the business case for worksite health promotion
Healthy Workforce 2010: An Essential Health Promotion Sourcebook for Employers, Large and Small Strategies and rationale for investing in worksite health promotion.
Preventive Services: Helping Employers Expand Coverage Partnership conducted a national survey to determine the extent that employers nationwide cover recommended clinical preventive services. Results have been published in the American Journal of Health Promotion 20(3):214-22. Click here to view the abstract.
Why Invest? Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment: A report offering an overview of the results of a national survey determining employer coverage for clinical preventive services, and comparing the results to key findings from Partnership's most recent analysis of services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The report also includes examples from organizations investing in preventive services for their employees and recommendations to employers for increasing the coverage and use of preventive services.