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  1. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hWzpnYXDpQzUr8U_5xY6qS
    January 01, 2003 - The JNC VI–recommended goal of treatment is to achieve and maintain SBP below 140 mm Hg and DBP below … The effect of more aggressive blood pressure treat- ment goals in patients within the general population … Patients with diabetes appear to derive additional benefit when blood pressure treat- ment goals are
  2. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aJ-xmGLsKqLQbQsBqodKZ5
    January 01, 2001 - substantial reductions in lipid levels from diet alone; drugs are frequently needed to achieve thera- peutic goals … The primary goal of screening younger people is to promote lifestyle changes, which may provide long-
  3. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
    March 14, 2014 - substantial reductions in lipid levels from diet alone; drugs are frequently needed to achieve therapeutic goals … The primary goal of screening younger people is to promote lifestyle changes, which may provide long-term
  4. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening-adults
    September 22, 2020 - The goal of screening for vitamin D deficiency would be to identify and treat it before associated adverse … other organizations, initiated the Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP). 27 , 28 The primary goal
  5. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary9/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care
    September 25, 2012 - The goal of behavioral interventions for alcohol misuse is to eliminate risky drinking practices (for … Brief intervention for prenatal alcohol use: the role of drinking goal selection. … other techniques to enhance motivation; focus on feedback of assessment data and setting alcohol-use goals … of personal likes and dislikes of drinking, worksheets on drinking cues, BAC level calculator, life goals … Chang et al, 1999 30 Review of lifestyle changes made since pregnancy, articulation of drinking goals
  6. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary9/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
    September 25, 2012 - The goal of behavioral interventions for alcohol misuse is to eliminate risky drinking practices (for … Brief intervention for prenatal alcohol use: the role of drinking goal selection. … other techniques to enhance motivation; focus on feedback of assessment data and setting alcohol-use goals … of personal likes and dislikes of drinking, worksheets on drinking cues, BAC level calculator, life goals … Chang et al, 1999 30 Review of lifestyle changes made since pregnancy, articulation of drinking goals
  7. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan18/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
    May 15, 2013 - Goal is to provide education or advice, increase motivation to avoid substance use, or to teach behavior
  8. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-7-formulation-task-force-recommendations
    April 19, 2025 - To achieve this goal, AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement works with public and private
  9. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
    February 01, 2014 - justified not only because it is a worthwhile method of optimizing patient function or an important goal … These measures offer important and relevant considerations for setting goals of care, but they are not
  10. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Vo9Z9BWJb4WqkZaSTpYDWx
    October 01, 2013 - The immediate physiologic goal and measure of effect of primary treatment of glaucoma is reduction in … The goal of screening programs is to identify and treat POAG before visual impairment develops.
  11. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/currprocess.pdf
    July 01, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force to Ensure Integrity* Goal Process Transparency Standardized methodology … The primary goal of the literature search is to find new and substantial evidence that could change
  12. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-7-formulation-task-force-recommendations
    April 05, 2021 - To achieve this goal, AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement works with public and private
  13. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
    April 20, 2023 - definitions of “harms” of screening (KQ 3); a minor edit was made to the criteria specifying that the goal
  14. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/high-body-mass-index-children-adolescents-interventions
    June 30, 2022 - moderate-to-vigorous physical activity or MET-minutes per week Percent meeting physical activity goals
  15. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 30, 2022 - moderate-to-vigorous physical activity or MET-minutes per week Percent meeting physical activity goals
  16. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-2-topic-selection-prioritization-and-updating
    April 12, 2025 - The overall goal for topic selection and prioritization is to provide accurate and relevant recommendations
  17. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
    November 24, 2020 - a benefit, motivational interviewing was often used, and common behavior-change techniques included goal … Can individuals meet multiple physical activity and dietary behavior goals? … required all participants to have a specified level of excess weight at baseline and had an explicit goal … (−83 to 249) 7 4958 62 130 (33 to 289) 70 (−16 to 112) % Meeting physical activity goal … difference in change unless otherwise specified. b Median (IQR) percent meeting physical activity goal
  18. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review48/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening
    June 15, 2009 - The goal of this reaffirmation update was to search for large, high-quality studies related to HBV screening
  19. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling
    October 15, 2008 - Healthy People 2010 goal of 75%. 1 , 2  Thirty-nine percent breastfed their children for at least 6 months
  20. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling-2008
    October 15, 2008 - Healthy People 2010 goal of 75%. 1 , 2  Thirty-nine percent breastfed their children for at least 6 months

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