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June 09, 2020 - or those that indirectly screened for drug use with questions regarding alcohol use or other risky behaviors … drug use in adolescents and adults, including pregnant women, reduce drug use or improve other risky behaviors … Do interventions to reduce drug use reduce drug use or improve other risky behaviors? … Sexual HIV risk behavior outcomes of brief interventions for drug use in an inner-city emergency department … Acupuncture suppresses reinstatement of morphine-seeking behavior induced by a complex cue in rats.
                                     
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January 01, 2024 - Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children
   
   
 
   
 
 
   
 
   
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Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation 
Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children 
January 2024 
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
June 18, 2014 - The USPSTF found inadequate evidence that education or behavior change counseling reduces disease transmission … key questions focused on the benefits and harms of antiviral treatment, the benefits of education or behavior … No trials examined the effectiveness of education or behavior change counseling in patients with chronic … Well-established risk factors, such as injection drug use and high-risk sexual behaviors, were not predictive … blood or body fluids; and those who received HBV vaccination as adolescents or adults with high-risk behaviors
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary24/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
December 15, 2010 - care clinicians and related health care staff to assist patients in adopting, changing, or maintaining behaviors
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
March 19, 2024 - mixed results. 1 , 21  Three of the 6 trials reported statistically significant reductions in reported behaviors
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/family-violence-screening-interventions-1996
January 01, 1996 - children are more likely to abuse tobacco and alcohol, attempt suicide, and exhibit violent or criminal behavior … their patients, inability to "fix" abusive relationships, frustration in dealing with resistant patient behavior … detect domestic violence between spouses or sexual partners: the substantial prevalence of violent behavior … Health risk behaviors and attempted suicide in adolescents who report prior maltreatment. … A comparison of risky health behaviors of sexually active, sexually abused, and abstaining adolescents
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
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 Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening 
 December  20, 2016 
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January 01, 2010 - screening, including a history of cervical
neoplasia, infection with HPV or other STDs,
or high-risk sexual behavior … Risk factors relating to sexual behavior
associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer
include … Cigarette smoking
is the only nonsexual behavior consistently and
strongly correlated with cervical dysplasia
                                     
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September 01, 2022 - Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults
Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation 
Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant 
Adolescents and Adults September 2022 
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Figure. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary
Figure. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary 
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening
July 18, 2023 - this intervention was not effective in lowering lipid levels or changing physical activity or diet behaviors
                                     
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January 01, 2001 - Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Screening and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years
Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table 
Research to Address Evidence Gaps in Preventive Services for the USPSTF  
Topic: Research Gaps for Screening and Prevent… 
                                     
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May 19, 2025 - Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression
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January 01, 2001 - considering, for example, the incremental
benefit of early detection or the ability of counselors to
motivate behavior … (2) What is the prevalence of risky
behavior(s) in the target group? … (5) Does the behavior change lead to reduced morbidity and/or mortality? … Do other intermediate
outcomes related to the behavior change lead to decreased morbidity and/or mortality … For example, counseling for tobacco cessation pro-
duces a change in behavior in only a small proportion
                                     
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January 26, 2016 - serotonin reuptake inhibitors [SSRIs]) are associ-
ated with some harms, such as an increase in suicidal behaviors … limited.25 For
adults older than 65 years, antidepressant use seemed to be pro-
tective against suicidal behavior
                                     
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July 01, 2021 - gynecologic examinations from 
2000 to 2003 found that a large proportion of patients with 
high-risk sexual behaviors … visit.31 According to a review of diagnostic billing codes 
for 1074 patients with high-risk sexual behaviors … appropriate anatomical sites of exposure in men who have 
sex with men, with more frequent screening if risk behaviors … services during routine general medical or 
gynecological examinations: variations by patient 
sexual risk behaviors
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
August 24, 2021 - effect of population screening for diabetes on cardiovascular morbidity, self-rated health, and health behavior
                                     
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August 01, 2015 - only
speech impairments.18 Children who
are diagnosed with language delays
may have more problems with
behavior
                                     
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November 25, 2024 - Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults
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The Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention 
and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of people nationwide 
by making eviden…