TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Evidence-Based Community Interventions A1 - Mercer, Shawna L. A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - Many public health professionals and other stakeholders are charged with improving health in their communities, often despite having limited time or resources for doing so. Evidence-based community interventions are an important part of the toolbox for improving public health.1 The term “evidence-based community interventions” is sometimes used indiscriminately; however, it createsmisunderstanding and potentially leads to the use of interventions that will not achieve their intended outcomes. To ensure understanding of what exactly constitutes an evidence-based community intervention, this chapter will begin by considering the composite parts of the term. It will then discuss the value of using evidence-based community interventions, and identify how they fit into community health improvement planning and decision making. The final section of this chapter will identify where readers can find information about evidence-based community interventions. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182685240 ER -