National Commission on Prevention Priorities
Identifying the Most Beneficial and Cost Effective Preventive Services
Partnership for Prevention convenes the National Commission on Prevention Priorities. The
Commission uses innovative, evidence-based methods to assess the value of preventive services that protect and improve health. The Commission helps decision-makers choose preventive services that maximize the impact of their investments.
The Commission identifies clinical preventive services that make the biggest impact on health and are most cost effective. Clinical preventive services include immunizations, screenings, preventive medications, and counseling services provided by doctors, nurses, and other clinicians, usually in medical settings. The Commission has ranked evidence-based clinical preventive services recommended by the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
In September 2008, the Commission launched a new study to identify those community preventive services that provide the greatest reach and impact and are most cost effective. Community preventive services are aimed at groups of people, such as laws, regulations, environmental changes, education campaigns, school programs, workplace policies, among other interventions. The Commission will be assessing evidence-based services recommended by the U.S. Task Force on
Community Preventive Services, an independent blue ribbon panel of experts appointed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kim Barnhill, MS
Administrator
Jefferson & Madison County, Florida, Health Departments
Ross C. Brownson, PhD
Professor
Washington University
Michael C. Caldwell, MD, MPH
Commissioner of Health
Dutchess County, New York, Department of Health
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN
Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Health
Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD
Director, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David W. Fleming, MD
Director of Public Health
Seattle and King County Washington
Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA
Director and Health Officer
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
David R. Gifford, MD, MPH
Director
Rhode Island Department of Health
Anne C. Haddix, PhD
Chief Policy Officer
Office of Strategy and Innovation Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
George Isham, MD
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer
HealthPartners
Lovell Jones, PhD
Director of the Center for Research on Minority Health
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Warren A. Jones, MD
Executive Director
Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health
Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Senior Health Policy Advisor
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Linda Kinsinger, MD, MPH
Chief Consultant for Preventive Medicine
Director, VA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Lawrence S. Lewin, MBA
Executive Consultant
James Marks, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President & Director, Health Group
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Samuel Nussbaum, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Wellpoint, Inc.
C. Tracy Orleans, PhD
Distinguished Fellow and Senior Scientist
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Marcel Salive, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Medical and Surgical Services
Coverage Analysis Group
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Anne Schuchat, MD
Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Steve Solomon, MD
Director, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arthur Southam , MD
Executive Vice President, Health Plan Operations
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
Editor, Annals of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Oncology and Sociology
Case Western Reserve University
Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH
Chief Science Officer
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Kathleen Toomey, MD
Director, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cristie Travis, MS
Chief Executive Officer
Memphis Business Group on Health
Stephen Williams, MEd, MPA
Director
Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH
Professor, Departments of Family Practice, Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Virginia Commonwealth University