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221. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia--Including Iron Supplementation for Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2006 - found fair evidence that iron supplementation (e.g., iron–fortified formula or iron supplements) may improve … The USPSTF found poor evidence (poor quality studies) that iron supplementation may improve health outcomes … treatment. (1) Intervention--Supplementation 6 There is good evidence that iron supplements improve … The USPSTF found at least fair evidence that [the service] can improve health outcomes but concludes

222. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
     July 15, 2009 - evidence that screening and early interventions for impairment of visual acuity by primary care physicians improve … treatment of refractive error improves visual acuity, there was inadequate evidence that these improvements improve … Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … This fact creates a challenge to researchers and decision makers to determine whether interventions to improve

223. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 25, 2014 - For adults with latent tuberculosis infection, treatment may improve health outcomes, such as quality … of LTBI with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)–recommended pharmacotherapy regimens improve

224. Archived: Published Response - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat?: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-response---will-recommendations-against-spirometry-make-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-harder-to-treat/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
     November 15, 2008 - Identifying a disease earlier in its natural course does not automatically improve health outcomes.

225. Information for Consumers | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     and their families with the most accurate and up-to-date information on ways to prevent illness and improve

226. Primary Care–Based Interventions to Prevent Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2020 - Benefits of intervention • Inadequate evidence that interventions to prevent or reduce illicit drug use improve … other associated outcomes such as social or legal outcomes • Adequate evidence that interventions improve … There was little evidence that interventions to prevent illicit drug use improve health outcomes such … Stan- dardization of outcome measurement across trials would greatly strengthen the evidence base and improve … Home-visiting intervention to improve child care among American Indian adolescent mothers: a randomized

227. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/behavintr.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - counseling interventions seeks to establish whether such interventions addressing individual behaviors improve … Analytic Framework 1: Does Changing Individual Health Behavior Improve Health Outcomes? … Does changing individual health behavior improve health outcomes? Analytic framework 1 1. … Do changes in patients’ health behavior improve health or reduce risk factors? 2. … Will primary care clinics organize themselves to improve the delivery of preventive services?

228. Archived: Evidence Summary: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/depression-screening-2002
     May 07, 2002 - Conclusions: Compared with usual care, screening for depression can improve outcomes, particularly when … still depressed versus 65 percent of controls, when persistent depression was defined as a failure to improve … (difference, -8 percent; CI, -21 percent to 6 percent). 25 Effects of Integrated Interventions to Improve … Relative to usual care, the enhanced program, which included one-time screening and support to improve … Interventions to improve provider diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in primary care.

229. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Approach to Child Cognitive and Behavioral Health (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstfchildhealth.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - summarizes common themes in the evidence gaps and the future research necessary to advance the field and improve … Clinical preventive services can improve health outcomes during childhood and adolescence and have a … authors hope that identification of these gaps encourages clinicians and researchers to work together to improve … It is imperative that we not only understand but also continually improve the effectiveness of our preventive

230. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces New Chair and Vice Chair (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/new-chair-vice-chair-2023-bulletin.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve

231. Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/public-comments-and-nominations/nominate-recommendation-statement-topic
     April 01, 2019 - USPSTF recommendations are intended to improve clinical practice and promote the health of the American

232. Draft Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
     February 23, 2023 - Do interventions to prevent perinatal depression improve

233. Archived: Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary28/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening-2014
     October 22, 2013 - Fourth, do interventions for MCI or mild to moderate dementia in older adults improve decision-making … Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine can improve global cognitive function, and AChEIs can improve … Training community consultants to help family members improve dementia care: a randomized controlled … Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carers? A randomized pilot trial. … Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia.

234. USPSTF: Who We Are & How We Work (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work-2025.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Preventive Services Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide. The U.S. … is committed to using the best science to identify the most effective preventive services that can improve

235. 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 - The Task Force makes evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services to improve the … This research can help improve health and well-being, and reduce illness and death. … 1984, the Task Force has made evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services to improve … • Determine ways to improve the delivery of interventions to prevent perinatal depression, such as … The balance of benefits and harms is likely to improve as women move from their early to late 40s.

236. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2017 - primary care–relevant counseling interventions to promote a healthful diet, physical activity, or both improve … Behavioral counseling interventions have been found to improve healthful behaviors, including beneficial … understand longer-term health effects of behavioral interventions and to improve understanding of the … Overall, these behavioral interventions appeared to improve self-reported measures of health- related … −0.59]).3 There was no evidence of an associa- tion between behavioral counseling interventions and improve

237. Recommendation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
     September 19, 2023 - Screening for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy alone is not sufficient to improve inequities in health … care in response to evolving patient signs and symptoms during pregnancy and the postpartum period to improve … clinician awareness of populations with an increased risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may help improve … screening to detect proteinuria in pregnancy. 1 , 38 In alignment with the USPSTF’s commitment to improve … Home Blood Pressure Measurement One UK RCT, the Blood Pressure Monitoring in High Risk Pregnancy to Improve

238. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development
     January 01, 2014 - The USPSTF recommendations are intended to improve both clinical practice and the health of patients. … The purpose of this refinement is to continually improve the methods of evidence-based review, to maintain … organizations, such as professional societies, and on policymakers to use the USPSTF recommendations to improve

239. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-2001
     January 01, 2001 - Screening early in pregnancy provides greater opportunities to improve pregnancy outcomes, including … cost-effective than universal screening, and that less expensive and more sensitive DNA or RNA tests would improve … (The USPSTF found at least fair evidence that [the service] can improve health outcomes but concludes

240. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Syphilis in Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/syphilis-pregnancy-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
     December 23, 2024 - independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve