Use this Web site to:

• Find research-tested intervention programs and products.
• Review summary information and usefulness/integrity scores for each program.
• Order or download materials to adapt for use in your own program.
• Obtain readability scores for products distributed to the public.

RTIPs and Research Reviews

The Guide to Community Preventive Services evaluates the effectiveness of broad intervention categories through systematic research reviews. RTIPs is a database of actual programs and products that you can adapt for your own use. Look for links to applicable Community Guide findings where you see the symbol:

Program topics now available:

• Breast cancer screening promotion
  • Community-based interventions
  • Physician-based curriculums
  
  
• Cervical cancer screening promotion
  • Community outreach programs
  • Direct mail interventions
  
  
• Colorectal cancer screening promotion
  • Physician-based intervention programs
  
  
• Diet / Nutrition
  • Community-based social support interventions
  • Small group education interventions
  • Fruit and vegetable behavior change programs
  
  
• Informed Decision Making
  • Patient decision-making programs
  
  
• Physical activity
  • Physical health enhancement programs
  
  
• Sun safety
  • Sun protection awareness programs
  
  
• Survivorship
  
  
• Tobacco control
  • Smoking prevention programs
  • Smoking cessation programs
  • Smoke-free environmental campaigns
  
  

New programs featured:

Informed Decision Making
	-	A Web-based Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Screening (Post date: December 2008)
Sun Safety
	-	SunSafe in the Middle School Years (Post date: November 2008)
Physical Activity
	-	Evaluation and Modification of Exercise Patterns in the Natural Environment (Post date: October 2008)

New programs are released periodically. Please check for updates.

New Adaptation Tool Available:

• Using What Works: a train-the-trainer course that teaches users how to adapt a research-tested intervention program to the local community context

If you use tobacco and are trying to quit, please visit Smokefree.gov.
Looking for general information about cancer? Please visit Cancer.gov or call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.