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For the research gap related to the natural history of ductal carcinoma in situ, clinically oriented … Such studies would likely be
informed by the results of the currently specified research gap. … Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics Population
Intervention … Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap
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Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … CQ1 N/A General gap,
Health equity
gap
Large, nationally
representative
observational cohorts … instrumental
activities of daily
life instruments)
Primary care
settings
3
Research Gap … Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … N/A N/A General gap,
Health equity
gap
(implementation)
Studies (e.g., pragmatic
trials) that investigate
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Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap‡ Study Characteristics … Exercise-induced injury
U.S. primary care
settings or
referrable from
primary care
3
Research Gap … Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … disproportionate burden of the condition),
combined (e.g., grade assignment and health equity), or general gap
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Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population
Intervention/
Comparison Outcomes/ Timing Setting
Research … Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study … Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study … Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study
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January 01, 2001 - Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population
Intervention/
Comparison
Outcomes/
Timing Setting … Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study … Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population
Intervention/
Comparison
Outcomes/
Timing Setting
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Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap … Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics … an adequate number of hip or
Settings
applicable to
U.S. primary
care
3
Research Gap … assessment and
BMD measurement
Settings
applicable to
U.S. primary
care
4
Research Gap … Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap
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Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population Intervention/Comparison Outcomes/Timing Setting
1. … Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study … Research Gap
Key
Questions*
or Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population Intervention/Comparison Outcomes/Timing Setting
Women intending
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January 01, 2001 - Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of … Gap‡
Study
Characteristics Population
Intervention/
Comparison Outcomes/ Timing Setting
Research … Research Gap … Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study … disproportionate burden of the condition), combined (e.g., grade
assignment and health equity), or general gap
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Research Gap: Intimate Partner Violence
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct … /
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡
Study
Characteristics
Population
Intervention/
Comparison … physical morbidity
caused by IPV
Feasible to be
offered in US
primary care
settings
Research Gap … disproportionate
burden of the condition), combined (e.g., grade assignment and health disparities), and general gap
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Topic: Research Gaps for Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Persons
Research Gap Key
Questions … *
or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway†
Type of
Gap‡ Study Characteristics … disproportionate burden of the
condition), combined (e.g., grade assignment and health disparities), and general gap
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November 01, 2013 - the aging of America and the increasing
number of Americans affected by dementia, this is a serious gap … This is an important gap because although hip fractures are less common
in men than in women, more than
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December 01, 2016 - general population as a critical gap in the evidence.
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June 22, 2025 - Force recommendation to affect clinical practice (based on existing controversy or the belief that a gap … prevention and primary care, recommendations of other guideline developers, existing controversy or gap … Force recommendation to affect clinical practice (based on existing controversy or the belief that a gap … alter the Task Force's assessment of magnitude of net benefit
Evidence has the potential to fill a gap
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June 01, 2018 - Identifying Evidence Gaps
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The Task Force identifies and reports on evidence gaps for each clinical preventive service it reviews. Special attention is given to those areas wh…
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January 01, 2024 - 2024 Report to Congress on Evidence Gaps
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November 20, 2024 – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released its “14th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priorit…
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November 01, 2020 - Reports to Congress
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 charges the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with making an annual report to Congress t…
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November 01, 2020 - 10th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps
High-Priority Evidence Gaps
for Clinical Preventive Services
10TH ANNUAL REPORT
TO CONGRESS
NOVEMBER 2020
SUBMITTED BY:
Dr. Alex H. Krist, Chair
Dr. Karina W. Davidson, Vice Chair
Dr. Carol M. Mangione, Vice Chair
ON BEHALF OF THE
U.S. PREVENTIV…
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January 01, 2024 - how the gaps are linked, directly or indirectly, to the analytic framework
• Details on the type of gap … )
– Health equity (e.g., populations with a disproportionate burden of the condition)
– General gap
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January 01, 2023 - High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services: 13th Annual Report to Congress
November 2021
High-Priority Evidence Gaps for
Clinical Preventive Services
SUBMITTED BY:
Dr. Michael J. Barry, Chair
Dr. Wanda K. Nicholson, Vice Chair
Dr. Michael Silverstein, Vice Chair
ON BEHALF OF THE
U.S. PREVENTIVE…
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November 01, 2024 - Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities
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