Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
To review the development of preventive health care guidelines and ensure they meet the evolving needs of Canada's health care system, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) commissioned an External Expert Review (EER) to examine the governance, mandate, and scientific processes of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (Task Force).
The EER Panel’s report, Modernizing Preventive Health Care Guideline Development in Canada: A Way Forward, outlines key recommendations and system-wide actions to strengthen preventive health guidance in Canada.
PHAC has established an Implementation Advisory Panel to support and inform the operationalization of recommendations from the EER report.
Putting Prevention Into Practice
Created and supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is an independent panel of health professionals who are volunteering their expertise in clinical preventive health care and guideline methodology to create guidelines for primary care practitioners along with related tools and resources that will help Canadians stay healthy. This panel of experts meets three times each year to consider evidence on what has shown to prevent disease. They use that evidence to create guidelines, practical tools and resources for both family doctors and other primary health care professionals to use with their patients and also for individual Canadians.
The Task Force is supported by the Prevention Guidelines Division in the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention Control that provides the scientific and technical support for the development of clinical practice guidelines. A university-based Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre has been established to undertake evidence reviews. Under a Contribution Agreement with the University of Alberta, funding has been provided to enhance the dissemination of guidelines. In addition, the Task Force will work with other health professional groups and organizations to support the development of guidelines and tools to aid in the implementation of their recommendations.
Who will be interested in the work of the Task Force?
The primary target audience includes primary care health professionals (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners). However, its work also impacts community and public health professionals (public health nurses, nutritionists), physician specialists, other health care and allied health professionals, policy makers, and Canadian citizens.
Membership
The membership of the Task Force includes a dynamic group of primary care and disease prevention experts from across Canada. This expert panel will consider the latest scientific evidence as the basis for the development of guidelines for prevention in primary care.
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