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241. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-interventions-evidence-based-approach
     March 04, 2021 - counseling interventions seeks to establish whether such interventions addressing individual behaviors improve … patient outcomes. 74  Even relatively brief physician training along these lines (2 to 3 hours) can improve … relevant clinical behavioral intervention research, namely: Does changing individual health behavior improve … Analytic Framework 1: Does Changing Individual Health Behavior Improve Health Outcomes? … Will primary care clinics organize themselves to improve the delivery of preventive services?

242. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(6).pdf
     November 01, 2014 - The Task Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence- based recommendations … More research in these areas would likely result in important new recommendations that will help improve … Implementation of these recommendations in practice are anticipated to improve both quality and length … When implemented appropriately and effectively, Task Force recommendations can improve the health of … CONCLUSION Preventive services can improve health outcomes during childhood and have lasting impact

243. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(9).pdf
     November 01, 2014 - The Task Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence- based recommendations … More research in these areas would likely result in important new recommendations that will help improve … Implementation of these recommendations in practice are anticipated to improve both quality and length … When implemented appropriately and effectively, Task Force recommendations can improve the health of … CONCLUSION Preventive services can improve health outcomes during childhood and have lasting impact

244. Archived: Final Research Plan: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan18/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     May 15, 2013 - The figure illustrates how interventions to reduce the illicit or nonmedical use of drugs may improve … Do primary care–relevant behavioral counseling interventions for drug use, with or without referral, improve

245. Archived: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
     December 15, 2009 - evidence suggests that screening for depression in the absence of staff-assisted depression care does not improve … that programs combining depression screening and feedback with staff assisted depression care supports improve … USPSTF found fair evidence that screening and feedback alone without staff-assisted care supports do not improve … while assuring that effective medical, preventive and health maintenance interventions take place" to improve … The current evidence review examined direct evidence that primary care depression screening programs improve

246. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
     January 01, 2017 - Implicitly, clinicians were encouraged to promote preventive services that had been shown to improve … Such interventions have been shown to improve the processes and outcomes of care in chronic illness 71 … A systematic approach, however, is likely to improve the quality of interactions and provide the foundation … Individualized patient education and coaching to improve pain control among cancer outpatients.  … Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic inferences.  Acad Med  1998;73:538-40.

247. Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2012%20(2).pdf
     November 01, 2012 - The Task Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations … More research in these areas would likely result in important new recommendations that will help to improve … Since its inception over 25 years ago, the Task Force has worked to improve the health of all Americans … If implemented appropriately and effectively, Task Force recommendations can improve the health of the … The volunteer members of the Task Force look forward to their ongoing work to improve the health of

248. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendaiton Statement (pdf file)
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     March 19, 2024 - effectiveness of specific preventive care services for patients without obvious related signs or symptoms to improve … community resources, approaches to increase the use of positive discipline strategies, and psychotherapy to improve … community resources, approaches to increase the use of positive discipline strategies, and psychotherapy to improve … inconsistent overall results.1 However, in populations with increased socioeconomic needs, interventions may improve … Needs and Gaps in Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment To fulfill its mission to improve

249. Recommendation: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
     March 19, 2024 - community resources, approaches to increase the use of positive discipline strategies, and psychotherapy to improve … effectiveness of specific preventive care services for patients without obvious related signs or symptoms to improve … community resources, approaches to increase the use of positive discipline strategies, and psychotherapy to improve … inconsistent overall results. 1 However, in populations with increased socioeconomic needs, interventions may improve … Maltreatment To fulfill its mission to improve

250. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
     May 13, 2025 - The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) works to improve … rates associated with nontreponemal tests alone, especially in pregnancy, a 2-step process is used to improve … were identified that evaluated the effectiveness of screening to decrease congenital syphilis rates or improve … Pregnancy To fulfill its mission to improve

251. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     September 26, 2024 - Does the use of coronary artery calcium scoring to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve measures

252. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
     January 16, 2025 - factors in the United States contribute to inequities in STI risk, and how can they be addressed to improve

253. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     April 25, 2024 - coronary artery calcium scoring or the ankle brachial index to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve

254. 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 - Do primary care interventions to prevent tobacco and nicotine use or improve tobacco or nicotine cessation … rates in children and adolescents improve health outcomes (respiratory, dental, cardiovascular, and … Do primary care interventions prevent tobacco and nicotine use or improve tobacco and nicotine cessation … adverse effects are associated with primary care interventions to prevent tobacco and nicotine use or improve … cessation Improve adolescent health outcomes 1 (n = 1092) Enrolled pregnant adolescents Maternal

255. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: US Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - effectiveness of specific preventive care services for patients without obvious related signs or symptoms to improve … 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 … urine screening to detect proteinuria in pregnancy.1,38 In align- ment with the USPSTF’s commitment to improve … Home Blood Pressure Measurement One UK RCT, the Blood Pressure Monitoring in High Risk Preg- nancy to Improve

256. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/sharedba.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Implicitly, clinicians were encouraged to promote preventive services that had been shown to improve … Alternately, shared decision- making may provide patients with skills that improve decision-making and … Such interventions have been shown to improve the processes and outcomes of care in chronic illness71,72 … Individualized patient education and coaching to improve pain control among cancer outpatients. … Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic inferences. Acad Med. 1998;73:538–540. 54.

257. Evidence Summary: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
     May 10, 2022 - bronchodilators with or without inhaled corticosteroids can reduce COPD exacerbations and tiotropium can improve … bronchodilators with or without inhaled corticosteroids can reduce COPD exacerbations and tiotropium can improve … , nonpharmacologic intervention and sharing spirometry results (or lung age) have not been found to improve

258. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder: Current Research and Evidence Gaps (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevention-of-opioid-user-disorder-ehc-tech-brief.pdf
     May 14, 2021 - clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve … regarding safe opioid use and to improve several process improvement outcomes across a variety of … Empowering post-surgical patients to improve opioid disposal: a before and after quality improvement … Faculty communication knowledge, attitudes, and skills around chronic non-malignant pain improve with … Using health information technology to improve adherence to opioid prescribing guidelines in primary

259. Recommendation: Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 07, 2023 - effectiveness of specific preventive care services for patients without obvious related signs or symptoms to improve … Health education and counseling to improve oral hygiene and reduce modifiable risk factors (eg, frequent … committed to advancing health equity and to the provision of equitable clinical preventive services to improve … to 17 Years To fulfill its mission to improve … needed to identify the effectiveness of strategies that can be delivered in primary care settings to improve

260. untitled (pdf file)
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     January 03, 2017 - ment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and man- dibular advancement devices (MADs) can improve … The USPSTF found evi- dence that treatment with CPAP can improve general and sleep- related quality of … Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure or mandibular advancement devices can improve intermediate … Thus, it is unclear whether treatments that im- prove AHI would also improve mortality. … Although numerous studies evaluated the effectiveness of treatment with CPAP or MADs to improve intermediate