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21. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
    May 16, 2024 - orientation); may include electronic or computer-based screening KQs 4, 5: Broad-based, general settings as described … Screening to identify eligible participants must take place in broad-based, general settings as described

22. Final Research Plan: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
    February 08, 2018 - Reaffirmation Evidence Update for this topic will be conducted using rapid synthesis procedures, as described

23. Draft Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
    December 28, 2023 - Participant characteristics will be described with respect to factors that can contribute to variability

24. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
    March 21, 2024 - Participant characteristics will be described with respect to factors that can contribute to variability

25. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review78/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
    April 15, 2012 - The USPSTF had little data on harms, but instead described the theoretical presence of important harms … studies not related to ovarian cancer, 34 studies that did not describe screening, two studies that described … no relevant outcomes, two studies that described a high-risk or special patient population, and three

26. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/fNXdu3HGvWE-ovsuhNeANW
    April 01, 2012 - The USPSTF had little data on harms, but instead described the theoretical presence of important harms … studies not related to ovarian cancer, 34 studies that did not describe screening, two studies that described … no relevant outcomes, two studies that described a high-risk or special patient population, and three

27. Procedure Manual Section 1. Overview of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Structure and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-1
    December 01, 2013 - Additionally, Task Force methods were described in a special issue of the American Journal of Preventive … The nomination process and required qualifications are described on the Task Force Web site. … Each step is also described in more detail in subsequent sections of the Procedure Manual. 1.9.1 Topic … The responsibilities of the USPSTF leads are described in Appendix IV . … review, the AHRQ Medical Officer working with the Task Force leads) develops a preliminary work plan as described

28. Final Research Plan: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan153/ovarian-cancer-screening
    March 03, 2016 - The figure is an analytic framework that depicts the two Key Questions described in the Research Plan

29. Task Force Resources | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-resources
    June 22, 2025 - Task Force Resources Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print   Resources for Using Recommendations in Practice Prevention TaskForce App The Prevention TaskForce is an application that includes all Task Force recomm…

30. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-7-formulation-task-force-recommendations
    June 21, 2025 - The Task Force can issue a grade of A, B, C, or D, as described in Table 4 . … The procedures for posting draft materials for public comment are described in Section 9 .

31. Task Force at a Glance | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-at-a-glance
    June 22, 2025 - Task Force at a Glance Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force…

32. Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
    October 08, 2020 - The update for this topic will be conducted using rapid synthesis procedures, as described in Section

33. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary38/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
    October 15, 2011 - Behaviorally based treatments were heterogeneous and specific elements were not well-described. … on 90% or more of participants with fewer than a 10–percentage point difference between groups, and described … as “single blind”), assessment and statistical methods not well described       Kastarinen et … Good       Jeffery et al, 1993 39 NR NR 87% No Fair Measurement procedures not well described … fasting glucose levels higher in intervention group at baseline; measurement procedures not clearly described

34. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    September 23, 2014 - Methods are further described … Studies of screening strategies were included if they adequately described the study population and comparison … Included studies used credible reference standards, adequately described the study population, defined … Three studies described additional methodological difficulties related to the reference standard 29 … Both scatterplots are further described in the evidence section for Key Question 3.  

35. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
    August 31, 2017 - Reaffirmation Evidence Update for this topic will be conducted using rapid synthesis procedures, as described

36. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/methupd.pdf
    July 01, 2007 - which salient issues related to cost-effectiveness, mandates, and other implemen- tation issues are described … The USPSTF last described its methods in 2001 (1). … This change in the field of evidence assessment and synthesis, and the changes described in the following

37. 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 - To explore variation by subpopulation, we will rely on the approach developed for USPSTF reviews described

38. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary5/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
    January 15, 2011 - of age and included in analyses; 782 children examined in "nonscreening" city; loss to follow-up not described … amblyogenic risk factors: 45% (23/51) Pediatric ophthalmology clinic, United States, screener not described … 300; amblyogenic risk factors: 56% (168/300) Pediatric ophthalmology clinic, China, screener not described … 387); refractive error: 55% (211/387) Pediatric ophthalmology clinic, United States, screener not described … 21% (21/102); organic anomaly: 13% (13/102) Pediatric ophthalmology clinic, Germany, screener not described

39. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
    August 24, 2021 - Two RCTs (described in 5 articles) conducted in the UK evaluated invitations to screening for diabetes … for individuals with screen-detected diabetes and 38 RCTs (described in 56 articles 16-25 , 27-35 , … This review included 5 RCTs (described in 8 articles) evaluating interventions for recently diagnosed … Four RCTs (described in 6 articles) reported on harms of interventions for screen-detected or recently … Thirty-eight RCTs (described in 58 articles) were included (eResults in the JAMA Supplement). 16-31

40. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
    May 08, 2012 - -42 , 44 , 46-50 , 53 selected (that is, not randomly assigned or not consecutive) or inadequately described … ** The sampling method was not random or consecutive or not described. †† The reference standard was … Taft et al, 2011 60 (Taft et al, 2009 61 protocol and methods described) Mentor support vs. usual … Fair † Taft et al, 2011 60 (Taft et al, 2009 61 protocol and methods described) Abuse measured … None of the women described adverse effects from screening; however, 8 of 20 believed it was unremarkable