Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Team-Based Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Team-based care to improve blood pressure control: recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

Task Force Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends team-based care to improve blood pressure control on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in improving the proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure (BP) and reducing systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP). Evidence was consid­ ered strong based on findings from 80 studies of teambased care organiz...

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

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Improves Outcomes: Recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

TASK FORCE FINDING The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions to improve blood pressure outcomes in patients with high blood pressure. There is sufficient evidence of effectiveness for self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions when used alone (i.e., patients receive self-measured blood pressure tools, training, and m...

Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs for Prevention of Diabetes: Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

DESCRIPTION Community Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on the use of combined diet and physical activity promotion programs to reduce progression to type 2 diabetes in persons at increased risk. METHODS The Task Force commissioned an evidence review that assessed the benefits and harms of programs to promote and support individual improvements in diet, exercise, and weight and su...

Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Findings for Mobile Phone Applications Used Within Health Care Systems for Self-Management of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends mobile phone applications used within health care systems for self-management of type 2 diabetes. “Diabetes Management: Mobile Phone Applications Used Within Healthcare Systems for Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management” is available at https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/ diabetes-management-mobile-phone-applications-usedwithin-he...