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41. Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2022 - • The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends interventions for skin cancer prevention in … These geographic-specific data can help communities better meet their unique melanoma prevention needs … 59.6%] family practice clinicians vs 243 [56.4%] internists).15 Additional Tools and Resources The Community … These geography-specific data can help communities better meet their unique melanoma prevention needs … The Community Guide. Community Preventive Services Task Force.

42. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-including-ocular-prophylaxis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - women with other STDs, incarcerated women, 20 and women seeking abortions. 21 In high-risk urban communities … , depending on age and other risk factors. 24 Many sites serving younger women and high-risk urban communities … Risk of infection depends on both individual sexual behavior and the prevalence of chlamydia in the community … using urine-based tests (LE, EIA, or PCR) may be a useful strategy to prevent spread of infection in communities … consult local public health authorities for guidance in identifying high-risk populations within their community

43. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
    June 15, 2007 - African-Americans and Hispanic women and men have higher prevalence rates than the general population in many communities … African-American and Hispanic women have a higher prevalence of infection than the general population in many communities … In some communities, this may involve home- or school-based screening programs. … (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

44. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2025 - Resource for Action” highlights strategies based on the best available evidence to help states and communities … Abuse of older or vulnerable adults The Administration for Community Living (ACL) features resources … ACL’s National Family Caregiver Support Program highlights services to provide state and community-based

45. Reports to Congress | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 01, 2020 - calls attention to high-priority research gaps related to promoting health across the lifespan, in all communities … Community Preventive Services Task Force Complementing the work of the USPSTF, preventive services at … the community level are addressed by the  Community Preventive Services Task Force , which also issues

46. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
    May 15, 2009 - drug users Those diagnosed with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) Other women living in communities … infection include uninsured women, women living in poverty, sex workers, illicit drug users, and women in communities

47. Let's Talk About It (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-04/breast-cancer-screening-lets-talk-about-it-final-rec-discussion-guide.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - and persistent inequities, certain racial and ethnic groups, people with lower incomes, and rural communities

48. Draft Recommendation: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 22, 2024 - owner’s children, which has had a lasting stigma and impact on attitudes towards breastfeeding in Black communities … today. 5-8 In the 1950s, marketing tactics of some formula companies specifically messaged to Black communities … status. 9 , 10 A belief that may have a role in the lower breastfeeding rates in Hispanic and Latina communities … Community based participatory research of breastfeeding disparities in African American women.

49. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendations on Oral Health in Primary Care: More research is needed to recommend for or against screening and interventions in school-aged children and adults without symptoms (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/oral-health-screening-interventions-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    June 20, 2023 - Low socioeconomic status, lack of dental insurance, and living in communities with dental professional

50. Draft Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
    March 06, 2025 - What are the harms of screening for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults?  … Do interventions for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults improve decision making, … What are the harms of interventions for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults?  … Healthcare, legal, and financial planning and decision making (e.g., advanced directives); safety planning; living … arrangements Patient-related outcomes: Health-related quality of life Incident dementia

51. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendations on Screening and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/oral-health-screening-interventions-final-rec-bullletin.pdf
    November 07, 2023 - Low socioeconomic status, lack of dental insurance, and living in communities with dental professional

52. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
    June 12, 2025 - What is the accuracy of screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older … What are the harms of screening for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults?  … Do interventions for mild cognitive impairment or mild to moderate dementia in community-dwelling older … Healthcare, legal, and financial planning and decision making (e.g., advanced directives); safety planning; living … arrangements Patient-related outcomes: Health-related quality of life Incident dementia

53. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Breast Cancer: All women should be screened every other year starting at age 40; more research still needed in key areas (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/breast-cancer-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    April 30, 2024 - those experiencing disparities related to structural racism, lack of access to care in rural and other communities … best science available to guide them on how to protect their health, and we’re asking the research community … Nicholson is a senior associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and professor of prevention and community

54. Let's Talk About It: Starting Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/lets-talk-about-it-aspirin-cvd-prevention-guide.pdf
    April 26, 2022 - PCE may overestimate risk in broad populations and may underestimate it in communities underrepresented

55. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 04, 2024 - Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force … POPULATION Community-dwelling adults 65 years or older at increased risk of falls. … falls in community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk for falls. … specific medications that can increase fall risk, environ- mental or occupational hazards, home or neighborhood … Clinician Summary: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Community-dwelling

56. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling-2008
    October 15, 2008 - In communities or populations with high rates of STIs, all sexually active patients in non-monogamous … counseling may be delivered in primary care settings, or in other sectors of the health system and community … Clinicians should also consider the communities they serve. … In addition, risk-reduction counseling may be offered by community organizations. … Strong linkages between the primary care setting and the community may greatly improve the delivery of

57. Draft Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
    August 05, 2025 - Health Professionals & Communities website. Published 2025. Accessed July 2025. … https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/health-professionals-communities 17. … https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/health-professionals-communities/core-resource-on-alcohol/screen-and-assess-use-quick-effective-methods

58. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/breast-cancer-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    June 05, 2023 - save more lives for people experiencing disparities related to racism, lack of access to care in rural communities … Nicholson is a senior associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and professor of prevention and community

59. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
    June 04, 2024 - the decision to offer multifactorial interventions to prevent falls to community-dwelling adults 65 … Community-dwelling adults 65 years or older: The USPSTF recommends exercise interventions to prevent … falls in community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk for falls. … These recommendations apply to community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk … of specific medications that can increase fall risk, environmental or occupational hazards, home or neighborhood

60. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
    October 19, 2017 - What is the accuracy of screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older … What are the harms of screening for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults? … Do interventions for mild to moderate dementia or mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older … caregivers: Health care, legal, and financial planning (e.g., advanced directives); safety planning; living … arrangements For clinicians: Health care planning, including advanced directives; patient and caregiver