Report Prepared by: Robert A. Hahn, PhD, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Jessica Lowy, MPH, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC; Oleg Bilukha, MD, PhD, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC; Susan Snyder, PhD, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC; Peter Briss, MD, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC; Alex Crosby, MD, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC; Mindy T. Fullilove, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, Task Force on Community Preventive Services; Farris Tuma, ScD, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland*; Eve K. Moscicki, ScD, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland*; Akiva Liberman, PhD, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC**; Amanda Schofield, MPH, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC; Phaedra S. Corso, PhD, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC
*Points of view are those of the contributor and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Institutes of Health.
**Points of view are those of the contributor and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Institute of Justice or the Department of Justice.
Task Force Chair: Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, Los Angeles Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California
Members: Noreen Morrison Clark, PhD, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan; John Clymer, Partnership for Prevention, Washington, DC; Alan R. Hinman, MD, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Atlanta, Georgia; Robert L. Johnson, MD, New Jersey Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Newark, New Jersey; Garland H. Land, MPH, Center for Health Information Management and Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health, Jefferson City, Missouri; Patricia A. Nolan, MD, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island; Dennis E. Richling, MD, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska; Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH; School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Steven M. Teutsch, MD, Merck & Company, Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania
Consultants: Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; J. Michael McGinnis, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey; Lloyd F. Novick, MD, Onondaga County Department of Health, Syracuse, New York
Patricia A. Buffler, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Ross Brownson, Ph., St. Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri; Mary Jane England, MD, Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts; Caswell A. Evans, Jr., DDS, National Oral Health Initiative, Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, Rockville, Maryland; David W. Fleming, MD, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York; Fernando A. Guerra, MD, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, Texas; George J. Isham, MD, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Charles S. Mahan, MD, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Patricia Dolan Mullen, DrPH, University of Texas--Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas; Susan C. Scrimshaw, PhD, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois; and Robert S. Thompson, MD, Department of Preventive Care, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington also served on the Task Force while the recommendations were being developed.