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1. Published Comment and Response: Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE Approaches to Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 01, 2014 - evidence" category of the U.S. … benefits and harms of the service." 1  With GRADE, guideline panels may choose to rate the quality of … GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.  … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations II: pilot study of a … Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.  BMJ  2004;328:1490.

2. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 01, 2014 - of recommendations. … screening may be discontinued because of a lack of potential benefit. … The collection of information on burden of illness will include data, when available, on the burden of … of natural history, pathophysiology of the disease, and understanding of potential effectiveness. … the lack of standardized measurement or reporting of disability and quality-of-life outcomes.

3. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2010 - The collection of information on burden of illness will include data, when available, on the burden of … of natural history, patho- physiology of the disease, and understanding of poten- tial effectiveness … of patients. … the lack of standardized measurement or reporting of disability and quality-of-life outcomes. … Institute of Medicine. The Future of Disability in America.

4. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia--Including Iron Supplementation for Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2006 - years of age; the review concluded that there was a lack of clear evidence that treatment of iron deficiency … Members of the U.S. … DeWitt, MD (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community … Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI); Lucy N. … Ockene, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University

5. Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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   December 15, 2006 - of treatment benefit, the USPSTF concluded that the harms of screening for elevated blood lead levels … Members of the U.S. … DeWitt, MD (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community … Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI); Lucy N. … Ockene, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University

6. Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2003 - A cross-sectional survey of 10,000 teenagers found that 40% of girls and 26% of boys used sunscreen.23 … A consistent finding across studies is that a high level of knowledge of the dangers of excessive sun … of Reviews of Effects (DARE), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and ACP Journal Club using … Outcome measure: ratio of numbers of solar keratoses at end of study and beginning of study. … of sunburn.

7. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 15, 2006 - of age; the review concluded that there was a lack of clear evidence that treatment of iron deficiency … Return to Table of Contents Members of the U.S. … (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, … (Executive Associate Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann … (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts

8. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 15, 2006 - of age; the review concluded that there was a lack of clear evidence that treatment of iron deficiency … (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, … (Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia … (Executive Associate Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann … (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts

9. Archived: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
   March 15, 2007 - Recognition of risk status: The vast majority of cases of colorectal cancer arise from adenomatous polyps … While not the focus of this recommendation, the USPSTF assessed the magnitude of effect of aspirin and … (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, … (Executive Associate Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann … (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts

10. Archived: Lead Levels in Childhood and Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 15, 2006 - (Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics … (Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine … (Executive Associate Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Michigan School of Nursing, … (Professor of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of … Return to Table of Contents

11. Aspirin or Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for the Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2007 - *For a list of the members of the U.S. … Table 2 for a description of the USPSTF classification of levels of evidence. … Recognition of risk status: The vast majority of cases of colorectal cancer arise from adenomatous polyps … While not the focus of this recommendation, the USPSTF assessed the magnitude of effect of aspirin and … †This list includes members of the Task Force at the time of final approval of this recommendation.

12. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 12, 2021 - the levels of influence and in the synthesis and integration of the evidence. … The core of the program is based on the evidence-based recommendations of the CTF. … Marion: School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA e  Drs. … Loveland-Cherry: The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI g  Dr. … Implications of the results of community intervention trials.  

13. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - the levels of nfluence and in the synthesis and integration of the vidence. … he health of the population. … Institute of Medicine. The future of the public’s health in the 21st century. … Implications of the results of community intervention trials. … Institute of Medicine. Future of the public’s health: who will keep the public healthy?

14. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
    October 06, 2003 - A cross-sectional survey of 10,000 teenagers found that 40% of girls and 26% of boys used sunscreen. … A consistent finding across studies is that a high level of knowledge of the dangers of excessive sun … of Reviews of Effects (DARE), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and ACP Journal Club using … of sunburn. … Outcome measure: ratio of numbers of solar keratoses at end of study and beginning of study.

15. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Thyroid Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary49/thyroid-disease-screening-2004
    January 15, 2004 - Staff of both funding agencies, members of the USPSTF, and members of an Institute of Medicine expert … The hazards of relying on observational studies of the effect of drug therapy is illustrated by a large … following 6 months or more of treatment; 76 percent of patients had improvement or resolution of over … Adverse Effects of Levothyroxine Treatment Adverse effects of replacement doses of levothyroxine include … withdrew because of complications, 1 because of an increase in angina, and the second because of new-onset

16. Screening for Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction in Non-Pregnant Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - Staff of both funding agencies, members of the USPSTF, and members of an Institute of Medicine expert … In the setting of nodular thyroid disease, Graves’ disease, or long-term use of suppressive doses of … The hazards of relying on observational studies of the effect of drug therapy is illustrated by a large … Adverse Effects of Levothyroxine Treatment Adverse effects of replacement doses of levothyroxine include … In 1 of the trials, 2 of 20 (10%) patients taking levothyroxine quit the protocol because of nervousness

17. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2001 - of topics, review of the evidence, assessing the magnitude of net benefit, extrapolation and generalization … of readers and of limited value to busy clinicians. … One might also consider two additional levels of assessment: the quality of the body of evidence for … d“Directness” of evidence is inversely proportional to the number of bodies of evidence required to … of effect.

18. Health Equity Framework for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-12/health-equity-framework-report.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - is standard of care (e.g., screening for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), the scan of evidence … The Description of Included Studies incorporates an analysis of risk of bias (i.e., internal validity … by study risk of bias (i.e., types of bias, quality). … described under Assessment of the Magnitude of Net Benefit, the accompanying Summary of USPSTF Rationale … ” columns of the table X Detail findings of CQs To allow for a summary of clinical practice