Community Interventions
The following evidence-based community interventions come from the Guide to Community Preventive Services , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Behavioral and Social Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Social Support Interventions in Community Settings
Social support interventions focus on changing physical activity behavior through building, strengthening, and maintaining social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change (e.g., setting up a buddy system, making contracts with others to complete specified levels of physical activity, or setting up walking groups or other groups to provide friendship and support).
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Cancer Prevention and Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Small Media
Small media such as videos, letters, brochures, and newsletters can be used to inform and motivate people to be screened for cancer; they can be tailored to specific persons or targeted to general audiences.
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Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors or Increase Protective Behaviors to Prevent Acquisition of HIV in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Individual-, Group-, and Community-Level Behavioral Interventions
These person-to-person behavioral interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM), can be implemented at the individual, group, and community level; components may include providing information and skill-building to change knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and self-efficacy.
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Use of Child Safety Seats: Community-wide Information and Enhanced Enforcement Campaigns
Community-wide information and enhanced enforcement campaigns include mass media, information and publicity, public displays about safety seats, and special strategies such as checkpoints, dedicated law enforcement officials, or alternative penalties (e.g., informational warnings instead of citations).
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