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January 01, 2022 - the USPSTF, it is important to note
that the USPSTF is an independent entity
Recommendation Development … Process
• Rigorous five stage recommendation development process:
• Review Topic Nominations
• Develop … care, and public
health
• USPSTF selects and prioritizes topics for review
Recommendation Development … input
• USPSTF posts the draft research plan to website for
public comment
Recommendation Development … USPSTF)Works
Goals
Overview
USPSTF Members
AHRQ’s Support of the Task Force
Recommendation Development
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January 01, 2022 - the USPSTF, it is important to note
that the USPSTF is an independent entity
Recommendation Development … Process
• Rigorous five stage recommendation development process:
• Review Topic Nominations
• Develop … care, and public
health
• USPSTF selects and prioritizes topics for review
Recommendation Development … input
• USPSTF posts the draft research plan to website for
public comment
Recommendation Development … USPSTF)Works
Goals
Overview
USPSTF Members
AHRQ’s Support of the Task Force
Recommendation Development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
June 01, 2023 - disorders (e.g., schizophrenia or pervasive development disorder)
Studies limited to individuals … children in the family):
Mortality
Neglect or abuse
Physical, social, emotional, or behavioral development … case report or case series)
Countries
Countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2021 Human Development … Index, as defined by the United Nations Development Programme
Countries not categorized as “Very High … ” on the Human Development Index
Languages
English
Languages other than English
Quality
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June 01, 2007 - Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development - Table 2
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June 01, 2007 - Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development - Table 3
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
February 27, 2025 - 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
Countries … Studies conducted in countries categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index (as defined … by the United Nations Development Program)
Studies conducted in countries that are not categorized … as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Publication Language
English
Non-English
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
August 11, 2016 - and symptoms; improved quality of life and functioning; improved health, physical, and psychosocial development … experiencing or being treated for a depressive episode
Studies limited to women with psychotic or development … disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, pervasive development disorder)
Studies imited to women with a medical … Index, as defined by the United Nations Development Programme
Countries not categorized as “Very High … ” on the Human Development Index
Languages
English
Languages other than English
Quality
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that are designed to predict fracture risk or identify osteoporosis, the USPSTF is calling for the development … population for
development of new
risk assessment tools
Prospective, large,
nationally
representative … population for risk
assessment tool
development
Prospective, large,
nationally
representative … Observational
cohorts for both risk
assessment tool
development and
validation should
include sufficient … population for model
development
Prospective, large,
nationally
Adult females;
racial and ethnic
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary47/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
February 15, 2006 - Speech and language development is a useful indicator of a child's overall development and cognitive … Assessing children's development using parents' reports: The child development inventory. … Child: Care, Health & Development 1988;14:213-29. … Child: Care, Health & Development 1994;20(5):295-308. … Journal of Childhood Communication Development 1996;17(2):39-49.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-at-a-glance
June 22, 2025 - Each step of the recommendation development process—from topic nomination to publication of the final … the draft recommendation and then finalize the recommendation Download the USPSTF Recommendations Development … Related Resources PDF Help USPSTF Recommendations Development Process PDF, 130 KB Fact 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/methods-and-processes/use-decision-models-development-evidence-based-clinical-preventive-services-recommendations
May 01, 2019 - Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations … The development of recommendations for preventive services typically requires deliberation using comprehensive … The USPSTF has used decision models to aid in the development of recommendations for 4 cancer screening … During recommendation development, a small working group assigned to the topic works closely with the … Models in the development of clinical practice guidelines. Ann Intern Med . 2014;161:812-8.
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December 07, 2005 - Speech and language development is a useful indicator of a child’s overall
development and cognitive … Assessing children's development using parents' reports: The child
development inventory. … Child: Care, Health & Development 1988;14:213-229.
55. … Child: Care, Health & Development
1994;20(5):295-308.
68. … Survey
Bayley
Scales of
Infant
Development
, Stanford-
Binet,
Reynell
Development
al Language
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
July 17, 2025 - primary studies that primarily take place in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2022 Human Development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Reviews limited to countries not categorized … as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
Countries
Studies conducted in countries categorized … as “Very High” on the Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Program) … Studies conducted in countries that are not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index
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whose parents or clinicians do not have specific concerns about
their speech, language, hearing, or development … used screening tests in
the United States include the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, the Language Development … Survey, and the MacArthur-Bates
Communicative Development Inventory.
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June 01, 2007 - Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development - Table 1
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The Workgroup meets periodically throughout the year
Work plan development
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July 01, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development
Current Processes … Preventive Services Task Force:
Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development
Janelle Guirguis-Blake … and transparent manner, the USPSTF has developed new
methods for evidence reviews and recommendation development … This article summarizes the most recent changes in the recommen-
dation development process, including … Full evidence reviews begin with the development of
an analytic framework of key questions followed by
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July 01, 2016 - Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations … Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based
Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations … The USPSTF has
used decision models to aid in the development of
recommendations for 4 cancer screening … During
recommendation development, a small working group
assigned to the topic works closely with the … Models in the development of clinical practice
guidelines. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161:812-8.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/david-chelmow-md
January 01, 2022 - Chelmow’s research focuses on evidence-based medicine and women’s health guideline development. … Pathology, and the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology on guideline development … particular expertise in the critical evaluation of published research to inform evidence-based guideline development
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
January 23, 2024 - different from typical development. … 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. … ; SKOLD, Screening Kit of Language Development; SKOLDBE, Screening Kit of Language Development Black
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
February 09, 2023 - plans or intentions related to screening, and other intermediate outcomes
KQ 2: Theory or survey development … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Research not relevant to the United … States (i.e., countries not categorized as “very high” on the Human Development Index)
Language … Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Research not relevant to the United … States (i.e., countries not categorized as “very high” on the Human Development Index
Language