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The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website, "Diabetes Prevention and Control: Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among People at Increased Risk." This information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force posted new information about two recommendations on its website: 1) Promoting Health Equity Through Education Programs and Policies: High School Completion Programs, available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/highschoolcompletion.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Use of Motorcycle Helmets: Universal Helmet Laws." The task force recommends universal motorcycle helmet laws (laws that apply to all motorcycle operators and passengers) based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Evidence indicates that universal helmet laws increase helmet use, decrease motorcycle-related fatal and nonfatal injuries, and are substantially more effective than no law or only partial motorcycle helmet laws.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Promoting Health Equity Through Education Programs and Policies: Full-Day Kindergarten Programs." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website: "Increasing Appropriate Vaccination: Immunization Information Systems." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information regarding two recommendations: 1) "Reducing Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Interventions to Increase the Unit Price for Tobacco Products," available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/increasingunitprice.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force has posted new information online regarding prevention of skin cancer. Recommendations are offered regarding interventions for child care centers, primary and middle schools, high schools and colleges, outdoor occupational or recreational and tourism settings, and mass media and multicomponent communitywide campaigns. Summaries and links to the individual recommendations are available at http://www.

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The Community Preventive Services Task Force has posted new information on its website: "Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Publicized Sobriety Checkpoint Programs." The information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.