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September 01, 2022 - The information in this report is intended to help healthcare decisionmakers—patients and 
clinicians … to quality health care, and funding cuts 
for sexually transmitted disease programs at the state and … their own self-assessment of risk factors, promotion of health care seeking (e.g., STI testing) for … A Systematic Review of Health Care Provider-Perceived Barriers and 
Facilitators to Routine HIV Testing … Improve Access 
to Testing 
Among Inner 
City, Remote, 
Rural and Hard 
to Reach 
Populations
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/understanding-how%20the%20tf-works-2022-update_0.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Task 
Force (USPSTF or Task Force) 
• Explain the connection between the USPSTF and the Agency for 
Healthcare … the USPSTF 
• AHRQ’s Mission: to produce evidence to make health care safer, 
higher quality, more … (PCORI) 
Partners Who Develop Recommendations on Prevention 
• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health … Care (CTFPHC) 
• Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) 
Federal Partners 
• Centers for … care providers to identify which 
preventive services are right for their patients 
• MyHealthfinder
                                     
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January 01, 2022 - Task 
Force (USPSTF or Task Force) 
• Explain the connection between the USPSTF and the Agency for 
Healthcare … the USPSTF 
• AHRQ’s Mission: to produce evidence to make health care safer, 
higher quality, more … (PCORI) 
Partners Who Develop Recommendations on Prevention 
• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health … Care (CTFPHC) 
• Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) 
Federal Partners 
• Centers for … care providers to identify which 
preventive services are right for their patients 
• MyHealthfinder
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
May 15, 2009 - informed decisions about the provision of health care services. … factors for syphilis among reproductive-age women in the United States include substance abuse, limited access … to health care, poverty, African-American ethnicity, and lack of regular prenatal care. 3 , 4  In addition … discussions with the USPSTF on similarities between the health care system in the study country and … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
March 01, 2016 - Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts); Jessica Herzstein, MD, MPH (Independent Consultant, Washington … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 
  2. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2009. 
  5. … Accessed at  http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Annual-Womens-Health-Care/FOR-PATIENTS/Pt-Health-Topics-Age
                                     
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June 01, 2009 - Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. … They should not be construed as an official posi-
tion of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … Rockville, MD: Agency for Health-
care Research and Quality; 2004. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; 2004.
                                     
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April 01, 2016 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. … the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ). … Citizen Petition Denial Re-
sponse From FDA to Bayer Healthcare LLC. … Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical
interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health … Care Program.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
February 15, 2006 - Share to Facebook 
 
 
 
 
 
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
February 14, 2023 - Share to Facebook 
 
 
 
 
 
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/vitamin-d-calcium-falls-bulletin.pdf
January 21, 2025 - Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Falls and Fractures … The Task Force also recommends 
against taking vitamin D to prevent falls in this group. … Those individuals should follow guidance from their healthcare professionals on how to stay healthy. … guidance to 
healthcare professionals and patients. … five weeks to account for the 
holidays.
                                     
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January 01, 2016 - on clinical preventive services to empower health 
care professionals, health care systems, and the … To make informed decisions, health care professionals, patients, and families need 
access to trustworthy … services to empower 
health care professionals, health care systems, and the American people to make … , health care systems, and the American people to make informed decisions about 
their health and health … Owens is a general internist at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
                                     
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January 01, 2016 - on clinical preventive services to empower health 
care professionals, health care systems, and the … To make informed decisions, health care professionals, patients, and families need 
access to trustworthy … services to empower 
health care professionals, health care systems, and the American people to make … , health care systems, and the American people to make informed decisions about 
their health and health … Owens is a general internist at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comment-and-response-do-lipid-lowering-agents-provide-a-greater-reduction-in-cardiovascular-events-among-patients-with-diabetes/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
February 12, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … health care practitioners, and facilitating access to embedded behavioral health specialists, show promise … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, and Stanford University … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2019. … Maternal depressive symptoms and children's receipt of health care in the first 3 years of life.
                                     
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May 01, 2021 - Systemic or structural racism results in policies and practices, includ-
ing health care delivery, that … these disparities.1,2
However, factors such as nutritional status, food insecurity, or access
to health … care response to obstetric hemorrhage (https://
www.cmqcc.org/resources-tool-kits/toolkits/ob-hemorrhage … Author Contributions: Dr Nicholson had full access
to all of the data in the study and takes
responsibility … Racial and ethnic disparities in the
use of pregnancy-related health care among
Medicaid pregnant women
                                     
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April 01, 2008 - respiratory-related health status
measures) and harms (time and effort required by both patients
and the health … care system, false-positive screening tests, and ad-
verse effects of subsequent unnecessary therapy … care system) associated with
screening for COPD using spirometry are large even in
populations at higher … Opportunity costs (time and effort required by both
patients and the health care system), anxiety associated … Rockville, MD: Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2003.
                                     
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May 01, 2021 - 17 years.
• In the absence of evidence, health care professionals should use their judgment based on … J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017;28(3):988-1011.
doi:10.1353/hpu.2017.0092
20. … Children’s mental health
care: differences by race/ethnicity in urban/rural
areas. … J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008;19(1):
237-247. doi:10.1353/hpu.2008.0008
22. … Recommendations for Preventive
Pediatric Health Care. Published 2022.
                                     
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April 18, 2023 - Author Contributions: Dr Henrikson had full
access to all of the data in the study and takes
responsibility … Dr Henrikson had full access
to all of the data in the study and takes
responsibility for the integrity … care
interventions for the Effective Health Care Program
of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. Published 2008. … Five-year outcomes of a melanoma screening
initiative in a large health care system.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
September 24, 2019 - and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. … Thus,women at risk of developing pyelonephritis in pregnancy, particularly women with limited access … to health care, are at risk of poor birth outcomes for a host of reasons. … facilitate early and regular access to prenatal health care. … Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC).
                                     
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April 27, 2021 - Share to Facebook 
 
 
 
 
 
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