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121. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary5/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
     January 15, 2011 - The average improvement from baseline in logMAR visual acuity was ~0.17 for eyeglasses plus patching, … Five fair- or good-quality trials found no differences in visual acuity improvement in the amblyopic … that preschool vision screening could lead to increased detection of visual impairment and greater improvement … Effects were larger (1-2 lines of visual acuity improvement) in the subgroup of children with worse baseline … Five fair- or good-quality trials found no differences in visual acuity improvement in the amblyopic

122. 11th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2021-uspstf-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Public Health, director of the UCLA Resource Center for Minority Aging Research/Center for Health Improvement

123. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia--Including Iron Supplementation for Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/c7NQCTUxonKVCR_B8nGq9y
     May 01, 2006 - clinic, 12- to 18-month-old infants treated for iron deficiency anemia demonstrated a significant improvement

124. 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 - is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for visual acuity for the improvement

125. Goutham Rao, M.D., FAHA | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/goutham-rao-md-faha
     January 01, 2023 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Goutham Rao, M.D., FAHA Member Goutham Rao, M.D., FAHA, is a family physician and the chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and chief clinician e…

126. Tenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/tenth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     January 01, 2020 - Tenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released its “10th Annua…

127. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
     July 24, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Final Research Plan Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening July 24, 2025 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. gover…

128. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-screening-2006
     May 15, 2006 - Indonesian clinic, 12- to 18-month-old infants treated for iron deficiency anemia demonstrated a significant improvement

129. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
     February 01, 2014 - may benefit the patient through small improvements across several risk categories rather than a large improvement

130. Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force-perspectives
     March 01, 2014 - What is the relationship between duration of health behavior change and health improvement (i.e., minimum … Is risk factor reduction or measured health improvement associated with reduced morbidity or mortality

131. 14th Annual Report to Congress: High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-11/uspstf-annual-report-congress-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - screen-detected populations that follow children over short and longer (>1 year) durations to detect improvement … screen-detected populations that follow children over short and longer (>1 year) durations to detect improvement

132. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BwAo_shwmJLSRguyWxaXpP
     July 01, 2007 - analysis of 6 trials that showed that physical activity interventions were associated with minimal to no improvement

133. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary11/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     December 15, 2007 - Improving the outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: results of a statewide quality improvement project. … postoperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: evidence from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement … Multistate improvement in process and outcomes of carotid endarterectomy. … patients with previous stroke Evaluated restenosis outcomes only Recurrent stenosis study Quality improvement … HMO = health maintenance organization, VA = Veterans affairs, NSQIP = National VA Surgical Quality Improvement

134. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/YSj5xRQc9DroH8gpUYsoFA
     December 01, 2007 - postoperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: evidence from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement … Multistate improvement in process and outcomes of carotid endarter- ectomy. … Improving the outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: results of a state- wide quality improvement project … only patients with previous stroke Evaluated restenosis outcomes only Recurrent stenosis study Quality improvement … Analysis and Review; MI 5 myocardial infarction; NR 5 not reported; NSQIP 5 National Surgical Quality Improvement

135. 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 - These behaviors remain problematic in today's society despite having been previously targeted for improvement … they require repeated action by both patient and clinicians, modified over time, to achieve health improvement … negative clinical and functional health outcomes, 1  and, conversely, that smoking cessation, exercise improvement … , and dietary improvement lead to positive clinical and functional health outcomes.

136. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QtuWfedsMmUb_sAuKWdsGg
     December 31, 2014 - This increase is somewhat surprising, although it may reflect improvement in ultrasonography methods … First, improvement of the tests themselves are being sought through identification of panels of markers

137. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review93/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     July 15, 2004 - increase in the proportion of infants with positive serologies but no symptoms ( P = 0.002), suggesting improvement … syphilis and an increase in the proportion of infants with positive serologies, but no symptoms suggesting improvement

138. Screening for Syphilis: A Brief Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8L5g-QzXLDnUofBUE457DN
     July 01, 2004 - increase in the proportion of infants with positive serologies but no symptoms (P = 0.002), suggesting improvement … syphilis and an increase in the proportion of infants with positive serologies, but no symptoms suggesting improvement

139. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and for Caregiver Abuse of Older and Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RrE4_peSk5zVH3cCf77at3
     June 24, 2025 - may reasonably identify women with past-year IPV, RCTs of IPV screening did not show reduced IPV or improvement … targeted multiple risk factors (smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, depression, and IPV)38; improvement … those randomized to the intervention also received counseling for depression in addition to IPV.40 Improvement … tools may reasonably identify women experiencing IPV, RCTs of IPV screening did not show reduced IPV or improvement

140. Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/r2LUvvSSCL_VgAQYyU9_-X
     Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Clinical Summary Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Clinical Summary Population Nonpregnant adults age ≥18 y Pregnant adult…