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281. Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/fourteenth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-across-lifespan-all-communities
     November 01, 2024 - healthy weight and weight gain in pregnancy: New counseling recommendation in 2021 that identified effective

282. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-cholesterol-other-lipid-abnormalities-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - The assumption that early treatment is more effective than treatment begun later in life 57 rests on … Direct evidence that screening and intervention is effective in persons over age 65 is not yet available … There is not yet evidence that routine lipid screening is effective in reducing cholesterol levels or … To be effective, dietary interventions require regular follow-up and reinforcement. … Documented need for more effective diagnosis and treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia according

283. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
     March 01, 2016 - The 2009 review found that effective treatments are available for uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts … Conclusions and Relevance: Screening can identify persons with impaired visual acuity, and effective … The 2009 USPSTF review 8 found that refractive lenses and refractive surgery 28 were highly effective … is currently recommended (AREDS categories 3 and 4), AREDS found an antioxidant and zinc combination effective … adults as part of a multicomponent screening intervention in primary care settings to be no more effective

284. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     June 18, 2014 - The USPSTF found adequate evidence that HBV vaccination is effective at decreasing disease acquisition … USPSTF found convincing evidence that antiviral treatment in patients with chronic HBV infection is effective … Pooled estimates showed that antiviral therapy was statistically significantly more effective than placebo … Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit The USPSTF found adequate evidence that HBV vaccination is effective … improve health outcomes, reduced incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, and that HBV vaccination is effective

285. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     October 26, 2015 - Treatment and Interventions Effective behavioral interventions combine counseling on a healthful diet … It found that these programs are effective across a range of counseling intensities, settings, and facilitators … Effective programs commonly include setting a weight loss goal, individual or group sessions about diet … possible harm in women (interaction P  = 0.01). 25 Lipid-lowering therapy seemed to be similarly effective … considered to be at increased risk and provided more details about lifestyle interventions found to be most effective

286. Final Evidence Summary: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/other-supporting-document19468/tobacco-and-nicotine-use-prevention-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions
     April 28, 2020 - Research is needed to identify effective behavioral interventions for adolescents who smoke cigarettes … These results were unexpected in suggesting that less intensive interventions may be more effective in … Among children and adolescents who smoke cigarettes, behavioral interventions were not found to be effective … Research is needed to identify effective behavioral interventions for youth who already smoke cigarettes … Research is needed to identify effective behavioral interventions for adolescents who smoke or who have

287. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2005 - clinics with select groups of children show 7% to 26% sustained decreases in overweight, evidence for effective … the best ways for clinicians to communicate this information are needed as part of our search for effective

288. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Falls and Fractures in Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/vitamin-d-calcium-falls-bulletin.pdf
     January 21, 2025 - “The Task Force recommends other effective preventive services related to falls and fractures including

289. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Syphilis Infection (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/syphilis-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
     September 27, 2022 - The Task Force is calling for more research into the factors that drive these disparities and effective

290. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-bulletin.pdf
     March 06, 2023 - “Fortunately, measuring blood pressure at each prenatal visit is an effective way to screen for these

291. Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/UPu84CV2CNuxR8kpVU6e3V
     November 01, 2008 - Annual Hemoccult II and flexible sig- moidoscopy every 5 years alone were less effective. … Evaluation of Outcomes Determination of Efficient Strategies The most effective strategy was defined … The more effective strategies tended to be associated with more colonoscopies on average in a person’ … From the other test categories, we selected strategies with a screening effective- ness most similar … As a result, the MISCAN model found strategies involving sigmoidoscopy to be more effective than did

292. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - Recommendation and Evidence The USPSTF recommends that clinicians offer preexposure prophy- laxis (PrEP) with effective … Considerations section for information about identification of persons at high risk and selection of effective … CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends offering PrEP with effective antiretroviral therapy … The 2-drug antiretroviral regimen used in PrEP, when used alone, is not an effective treatment for HIV … Reduced adherence is associated with marked declines in effective- ness.

293. Clinical Practice Guidelines 2011 Insert 0 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Clinical%20Practice%20Guidelines%202011%20Insert_0.pdf
     September 06, 2019 - advocate or patient/ consumer organization representative in the GDG. 3.3 Strategies to increase effective

294. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-annual-report-to-congress-2019.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - counseling for adults • Examine whether different screening strategies for alcohol use are more effective … To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies that do the following: • Identify effective … • Determine the most effective components of ongoing support services for reducing intimate partner … Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective … Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective

295. Benefits and Harms of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Programs for High Risk Populations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - Biennial screening scenarios are more effective, leading to 241 to 358 lung cancer deaths averted per … among the consensus efficient programs, the most intensive annual program may be substantially more effective … For these reasons, we focused on finding effective and efficient scenarios that screened eligible persons … later but extending the risk group up to 25 years since quitting smoking (A60-80-30-25) are more effective … Schematic Depicting the Theorized Effects on Life Expectancy and Morbidity of Screening With an Effective

296. Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
     February 12, 2019 - physical activity, education, pharmacotherapy, dietary supplements, and health system interventions were effective … that counseling interventions, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, are effective … physical activity, education, pharmacotherapy, dietary supplements, and health system interventions were effective … the accuracy of tools used to identify women at increased risk of perinatal depression and the most effective … that counseling interventions, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, are effective

297. Establishing and Maintaining Trust: How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Uses Strategic Communications to Build Confidence in and Disseminate Its Evidence-Based Recommendations (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/estalishing-maintaining-trust-commentary.pdf
     May 26, 2023 - responsibility to communicate clearly and consistently with the public,” underscoring the need for effective … involved in this way can help the Task Force shape and inform strategies in a more efficient and effective … Force is to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence- based recommendations on effective

298. Archived: Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
     April 17, 2018 - factors (eg, balance and gait abnormalities, environmental factors, medication adverse effects) are effective … clinically and statistically heterogeneous and, as such, drawing conclusions regarding elements of effective … No specific effective exercise or multifactorial protocol has been replicated in larger population randomized … Difficult to identify set of effective components for implementation purposes People experiencing … Difficult to identify set of effective components for implementation purposes.

299. Archived: Screening for HIV in Pregnant Women: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-for-hiv-in-pregnant-women-evidence-summary/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - dramatically, with the widespread adoption of routine prenatal screening coupled with the use of more effective … Shorter courses of antiretroviral therapy evaluated in randomized trials were not as effective as full-course … but these often resolve after treatment with the offending drug or drug combination is stopped, and effective … Low rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV following effective pregnancy interventions in the United … Shorter courses of antiretroviral therapy are not as effective as full-course regimens but reduce risk

300. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
     March 17, 2022 - Are there effective interventions or strategies to improve screening rates and followup to abnormal screening