Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends tenant-based housing voucher programs to improve health and health-related outcomes for adults based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness. Health-related outcomes include housing quality and security, healthcare use, and neighborhood opportunities…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends Healthy School Meals for All to increase student participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) and reduce school absenteeism. Participation…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends fruit and vegetable incentive (FVI) programs for households with lower incomes based on strong evidence of effectiveness in reducing household food insecurity and increasing household fruit and vegetable consumption. Programs…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends center-based early childhood education programs (ECE) to improve educational outcomes that are associated with long-term health as well as social- and health-related outcomes. Economic evidence indicates there is a positive…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine whether expanded in-school learning time programs improve students’ academic achievement. Intervention Programs that expand in-school learning time increase learning opportunities for students in grades K-12 by adding…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends full-day kindergarten programs to improve the health prospects of low-income and racial and ethnic minority children. Evidence shows that when compared with half-day kindergarten or full-day kindergarten on alternating days,…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends high school completion programs for students at high risk for non-completion. The CPSTF also recommends high school completion programs for a subset of students who are at risk for non-completion…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends the implementation and maintenance of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in low-income communities to improve educational and health outcomes. Educational outcomes include the following: School performance Grade promotion High school completion…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine whether year-round schools improve academic achievement. Academic achievement is an established determinant of long-term health. The evidence on effectiveness of single-track year-round schools is insufficient because the…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends out-of-school-time academic programs that do not focus on a specific subject to improve the reading and math achievement of academically at-risk students, though the magnitude of each effect is smaller…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends math-focused out-of-school-time academic programs to improve the math achievement of academically at-risk students. Effects appear greater for older students (grade levels 7-12), compared with younger students (grade levels 2-5), although…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends reading-focused out-of-school-time academic programs to improve the reading achievement of academically at-risk students in grade levels K-3. The CPSTF also has related findings for the following out-of-school-time academic programs: Math-focused…