Results

Total Results: 935 records

Showing results for "communities".

101. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7K93Ldpe86aLuGS65CPKYp
     July 01, 2005 - Similarly, community interventions have been identified that can contribute to healthy lifestyles, such … as those found in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Guide,5 but little … Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Zaza S, Briss PA, Harris KW, eds. … The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health. … Spanning the boundary between clinics and communities to address overweight and obesity in children

102. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HhFR4LyVtxMcwmafRH6Ehp
     June 04, 2024 - STUDY SELECTION Randomized clinical trials of interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling adults … 1 Do interventions to prevent falls in unselected or increased-risk community-dwelling older adults … multifactorial and exercise interventions in historically mar- ginalized and medically underserved communities … A randomized controlled trial of a community-based consultation service to prevent falls. … Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community.

103. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Approach to Child Cognitive and Behavioral Health (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstfchildhealth.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - The Community Preventive Services Task Force was established in 1996 as an independent body supported … by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide recommendations for use in community-based … settings, including schools (www.thecommunityguide. org).2 The Community Preventive Services Task Force … However, trials in other communities, including countries similar to the U.S., are often still feasible … Comparing the prevalence of the targeted condition across different communities that vary in whether

104. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
     January 12, 2023 - Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling … Category Include Exclude Population Community-dwelling … skin cancer) Known cardiovascular disease Nephrolithiasis or nephrocalcinosis Setting Community

105. 2025 Appointment of New Chair and Vice Chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2025-appointment-new-chair-and-vice-chair-us-preventive-services-task-force
     January 01, 2025 - She is a professor of family and community medicine, the associate vice president for community health … at the University of Maryland Baltimore, and the senior associate dean of population and community medicine

106. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults Without Known CVD Risk Factors: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HMSNGkJatRuN5VoVWfbuFL
     March 01, 2022 - clinicians implement this recommendation and assist with uptake of behavioral counseling in specific communities … clinicians implement this recommendation and assist with uptake of behavioral counsel- ing in specific communities … Association of individual and neighborhood factors with home food availability: evidence from the National … US Community Preventive Services Task Force. The Community Guide: nutrition. … The Community Guide: physical activity.

107. Carlos Roberto Jaén, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., FAAFP | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/carlos-roberto-jaen-md-phd-ms-faafp
     January 01, 2022 - distinguished university professor, as well as a professor and chair emeritus of the Department of Family and Community … For more than 15 years, the Center studied almost 500 community-based primary care practices and completed … in America yearly since 2002 and is dedicated to building a healthier San Antonio through efforts in community … bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Niagara University and his M.D. and Ph.D. in epidemiology and community

108. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary2/dental-caries-in-children-from-birth-through-age-5-years-screening-2014
     June 15, 2013 - Task Force on Community Preventive Services. … 64215) and the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Foundation (Grant # XG 03-067) Limited: Aboriginal communities … grant #320858 from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Limited: Aboriginal communities … applied to full primary dentition every 6 mo B: No fluoride varnish Canada; Rural Aboriginal communities … oral health promotion program B: No interventions Australia; Rural Aboriginal communities; Water

109. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary46/skin-cancer-screening-2009
     February 15, 2009 - A more recent, community-based RCT of screening in Australia 15 involving 16,383 whole-body skin examinations … A 3-year RCT in 44 Australian communities ( n 560,000 adults age 30 years or older) had been planned … Unfortunately, the study was performed only in 9 control and 9 intervention communities because of lack … Clinical outcomes from skin screening clinics within a community-based melanoma screening program.

110. Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HMTQY64cVavMZjxR3mCe5E
     January 01, 2020 - there are signifi- cant disparities in breastfeeding rates among younger mothers and in disadvantaged communities … there are significant disparities in breastfeeding rates among younger mothers and in disadvantaged communities … Community-based interventions include social marketing initia- tives, workplace initiatives, and public … the root causes of breastfeeding disparities and how they can be addressed through health care and community … care.19 In 2011, the US Surgeon General issued a call to action that clinicians, health sys- tems, community

111. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
     April 17, 2018 - Summary Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling … harms of vitamin D, calcium, or combined supplementation for the primary prevention of fractures in community-dwelling … Studies of community-dwelling adults with no known disorders of bone metabolism or vitamin D deficiency … Among the community-dwelling populations without prior history of fractures or known vitamin D deficiency … adults (≥65 y) recruited through direct mailings and community presentations 213 (54.8) 15 (3.9)

112. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
     April 06, 2023 - Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling … Category Include Exclude Population Community-dwelling adults with no known disorders related … imperfecta, osteopetrosis, or osteitis deformans) Nephrolithiasis or nephrocalcinosis Setting Community

113. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/falls-prevention-older-adults-evidence-gaps-research-taxonomy-table/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
     June 04, 2024 - Print Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling

114. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/KdQef_VDT2kmHDX4ddNWmR
     August 01, 2022 - risk in their community, since local demographic patterns may vary across the US. … • Also, the CDC’s “Think.Test.Treat TB” campaign offers community and clinician information to help … progression of latent infec- tion to active tuberculosis disease rather than new transmission within communities … care clinicians, federally qualified health centers, and communities at increased risk for LTBI and tuberculosis … , as well as organizations that serve these communities, are important tools for working toward tuberculosis

115. Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     May 02, 2023 - local or state health departments for more information about populations at increased risk in their community … Also, the CDC’s “Think.Test.Treat TB” campaign offers community and clinician information to help inform … progression of latent infection to active tuberculosis disease rather than new transmission within communities … Partnerships between primary care clinicians, federally qualified health centers, and communities at … increased risk for LTBI and tuberculosis, as well as organizations that serve these communities, are

116. Archived: Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-tobacco-caused-disease-counseling-2003
     November 01, 2003 - Tobacco-related recommendations from the CDC Guide to Community Preventive Services can be accessed … (Professor, Department of Family Practice and Department of Preventive and Community Medicine and Director … reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, tobacco-use cessation, and reducing initiation in communities … A report on recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. MMWR 2000:49(No.

117. Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7xVc9J-YMc29PbLBU2K-Pq
     PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Men or premenopausal women Community-dwelling … postmenopausal women at doses of >400 IU of vitamin D3 and >1,000 mg of calcium Community-dwelling … effect of higher doses of combined vitamin D and calcium supplementation on fracture incidence in community-dwelling … made recommendations on screening for osteoporosis and vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls in community-dwelling

118. Esa M. Davis, M.D., M.P.H. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/esa-m-davis-md-mph
     March 01, 2025 - Davis, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, is a professor of family and community medicine, the associate vice president … of community health at the University of Maryland Baltimore, and the senior associate dean of population … and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

119. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - patients may have difficulty obtaining health or life insurance and may be excluded from retirement communities … Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population of older persons. … Age-specific incidence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population. … Cognitive impairment and mortality in older community residents. … Measurement of functional activities in older adults in the community.

120. VitaminD, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Yc24U4wMLXGoqE5NjwRVA6
     April 17, 2018 - VitaminD, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling … for the USPSTF VitaminD,Calcium,orCombinedSupplementationforthePrimary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling … Studies of community-dwelling adults with no known disorders of bone metabolism or vitamin D defi- ciency … adults (≥65 y) recruited through direct mailings and community presentations 213 (54.8) 15 (3.9) Women … Among the community-dwelling populations without prior history of fractures or known vitamin D deficiency