If you are a clinician:

Find data on the leading preventable causes of disease and injury among Americans, recommendations on the most effective clinical preventive services, and practice management resources, such as patient screening questions and software to implement patient reminder/recall systems.

For example:

• Health Trends identifies the proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes.
• What Works lists proven techniques (from the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services) that clinicians can use when advising smokers to quit, such as specific counseling methods and medications.
• Tools and Resources provides links to Web sites with quick reference clinical practice guides on the treatment of nicotine dependence, patient brochures for pregnant women and other adults who smoke, and more.

If you are a public policy-maker:

Use this site to develop science-based policies that promote health. Find information that will help you define the scope of the problem you want to address, recommendations on the most effective policy options, and additional resources, such as specific legislative language, to help you get policies enacted.

For example:

• Health Trends reports the number of people who die annually in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes.
• What Works lists recommendations from the esteemed Guide to Community Preventive Services to reduce alcohol-impaired driving that leads to motor vehicle crashes, including sobriety checkpoints, intervention programs with employees who serve alcohol to the public, and laws requiring blood alcohol concentrations below 0.08% for young or inexperienced drivers.
• Tools and Resources provides links to Web sites with summaries of current state drunk driving laws, state motor vehicle injury profiles, and analyses of the cost-savings associated with specific traffic safety laws.

If you are an employer:

Use this site to find data on the leading preventable causes of disease and injury in the U.S. and to identify research-tested programs, policies, and clinical services (that can be offered on-site or covered through employer-sponsored health plans) to improve the health and productivity of your workforce.

For example:

• Health Trends identifies the proportion of adults who engage in vigorous physical activity as recommended by national health authorities to improve cardiorespiratory fitness.
• What Works lists a recommendation from the highly regarded Guide to Community Preventive Services to offer social support interventions in community settings, such as worksites, to increase physical activity.
• Tools and Resources provides links to sites with information on National Employee Health and Fitness (the largest worksite health and fitness event in the U.S.), fitness resources for worksite health promotion planners, and more.

If you work for a healthcare provider organization:

Use this site to find data on the leading preventable causes of disease and injury in the U.S. and to find recommendations on the most effective clinical preventive services, programs, and policies to promote health among patients and community populations.

For example:

• Health Trends provides links to Healthplan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) data showing the percentage of adolescents in HEDIS-participating managed care plans that has been vaccinated against Hepatitis B.
• What Works lists recommendations from the highly regarded Guide to Community Preventive Services to reduce out-of-pocket costs and institute provider reminder/recall systems to increase vaccination coverage.
• Tools and Resources provides links to sites with information on vaccine reimbursement, reminder/recall system strategies, software to assess immunization practices in clinical settings, and more.

If you work for a health agency or community-based organization:

Use this site to find data on the leading preventable causes of disease and injury in the U.S. and (frequently) in individual states and to identify research-tested programs, policies, and clinical services to improve the health of communities.

For example:

• Health Trends provides links to state-level data on immunization trends.
• What Works lists recommendations from the highly regarded Guide to Community Preventive Services to implement multi-component interventions, including educational campaigns, and to offer vaccines in WIC settings and at home health visits to improve vaccination coverage.
• Tools and Resources provides links to sites of potential community partners and to sites with multi-language vaccine educational materials (e.g., brochures, videos, posters) and more.