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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
July 12, 2018 - and primary studies that primarily take place in countries categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Reviews in which >50% of included studies … take place in countries not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Publication
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-weight-and-weight-gain-during-pregnancy-behavioral-counseling-interventions
July 26, 2018 - level)
Countries
Studies conducted in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2016 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Studies conducted in countries not … categorized as “Very High” on the 2016 Human Development Index
Study designs
KQs 1–3: Controlled
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan108/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
October 16, 2014 - restrictions
Settings
Developed countries categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Countries not categorized as “ … Very High” on the Human Development Index
Study designs
Efficacy (KQ 1): Randomized, controlled
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
June 12, 2025 - baseline
Countries
Studies conducted in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2022 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Studies conducted in countries that … are not categorized as “Very High” on the 2022 Human Development Index
Study designs
KQ 1:
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-06/USPSTF-40th-anniversary-timeline_0.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Guidelines We Can Trust,”
identifying the USPSTF as a leader and a reference standard
for guideline development … publishes a commentary demonstrating its
alignment with the gold standards of clinical practice guideline
development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics
June 01, 2025 - USPSTF Site
Select a Category
Cancer
Cardiovascular Disorders (Heart and Vascular Diseases)
Development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
May 14, 2020 - editorials
Setting
Studies conducted in countries categorized as “very high” on the 2017 Human Development … Index, as defined by the United Nations Development Programme
*For CRC outcomes only, populations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
January 18, 2024 - resulting from referral from primary care; settings in countries categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Other settings and countries not categorized … as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Populations
KQs 1–3: Women with unknown BRCA1
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
October 12, 2023 - Settings
Primary care or specialty care settings in countries categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Countries not categorized as “Very … High” on the Human Development Index
Interventions
KQs 1, 2: PSA-based screening (single-threshold
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
November 02, 2023 - designs
Country
Studies that take place in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2021 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Studies that are conducted in countries … that are not categorized as “Very High” on the 2021 Human Development Index
Publication language
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_qPVhJ_u9tV9kyAejLM9TB
May 01, 2015 - Use of
gesture development in profiling
children’s prelinguistic communication
skills. … Screening Kit of
Language Development: a preschool
language screening instrument. … The Language Development
Survey: a screening tool for delayed
language in toddlers. … MacArthur-Bates Communicative
Development Inventories: Users guide
and technical manual. … Examining continuity of early
expressive vocabulary development: the
generation R study.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
July 10, 2018 - This article may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for the development of clinical practice … This is in contrast to model development studies, which fit entirely new models with locally developed … Both published coefficient and model development analyses were conducted, and results were stratified … The individual patient meta-analysis model development study (n = 72,574) used 10-year risk strata of … c Evidence from published coefficient studies only; no model development studies available.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6tmQG7VgexjoXt7uNoyccj
December 02, 2023 - different from typical development. … Children’s
language ability and psychosocial development:
a 29-year follow-up study. … United Nations Development Programme. … Human Development Report 2020: the next
frontier: human development and the
Anthropocene. … Screening Kit of Language
Development: a preschool language screening
instrument.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/new-chair-vice-chair-2024-bulletin.pdf
January 01, 2024 - healthcare decisions along with his knowledge
of evidence synthesis and modeling have been critical to the development … Barry not only for his leadership and expertise in the development of many of our critical
recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-resources
June 22, 2025 - on the Task Force, including processes, expert engagement, and dissemination USPSTF Recommendations Development … sheet that describes the process the Task Force uses to develop recommendations USPSTF Recommendations Development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/40th-anniversary-timeline
January 01, 2006 - Guidelines We Can Trust ,” identifying the USPSTF as a leader and a reference standard for guideline development … publishes a commentary demonstrating its alignment with the gold standards of clinical practice guideline development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/us-preventive-services-task-force-announces-addition-two-new-members
January 01, 2025 - maternity care through data collection, data analysis, program design and implementation, protocol development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents
March 29, 2022 - systematic reviews that include observational studies
All other study designs
KQ 2: Psychometric development … Primary studies that primarily take place in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2019 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Reviews in which >50% of included studies … take place in countries not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Publication
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
August 13, 2020 - systematic reviews that include observational studies
All other study designs
KQ 2: Psychometric development … Primary studies that primarily take place in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2019 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Reviews in which >50% of included studies … take place in countries not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Publication
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
November 18, 2021 - harms):
FRA or ORA that has been evaluated in at least two independent cohorts external to the development … cohort (unless males are included, then only one independent cohort external to the development cohort … benefits and harms): Primary care settings in countries designated as “very high” on the 2020 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
KQ 2 (Accuracy): Predictive accuracy