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1. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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   children and adolescents with obesity to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … older and offering or referring them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements

2. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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   July 11, 2017 - FINDINGS Counseling interventions result in improvements in healthful behaviors and small but potentially … important improvements in intermediate outcomes, including reductions in blood pressure and low-density … lipoprotein cholesterol levels and improvements in measures of adiposity. … Several stud- ies demonstrated improvements in behavioral outcomes but did not find concordant improvements … in intermediate outcomes, including re- ductions in blood pressure and LDL-C levels and improvements

3. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 20, 2017 - years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … children and adolescents with obesity to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … older and offering or referring them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … These studies showed that a BMI z score reduction of 0.15 to 0.25 is associated with improvements in … in lipid or fasting plasma glucose levels but some improvements in insulin or glucose measures.

4. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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   June 20, 2017 - and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … sive behavioral interventions for obesity in children and adoles­ cents 6 years and older can lead to improvements … older and offering or referring them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … These studies showed that a BMI z score reduction of 0.15 to 0.25 is associated with improvements in … in lipid or fasting plasma glucose levels but some improvements in insulin or glucose measures.

5. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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   Limited evidence suggests that these improvements can be sustained over the year after treatment.

6. Final Research Plan: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 28, 2022 - What are the effects of improvements in food security outcomes on intermediate and health outcomes? … What are the effects of improvements in intermediate outcomes on health outcomes?

7. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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   Screening and interventions for IPV in women of childbearing age are associated with moderate health improvements

8. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   March 11, 2025 - What are the effects of improvements in food security outcomes on intermediate and health outcomes? … What are the effects of improvements in intermediate outcomes on health outcomes? … What are the effects of improvements in food security out- comes on intermediate and health outcomes? … What are the effects of improvements in intermediate outcomes on health outcomes? … For other outcomes, 1 pre- post study reported improvements in depression and self-rated health (eg,

9. How-To-Read-Recommendations-Fact-Sheet 0 (pdf file)
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   July 22, 2020 - Improvements to the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

10. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2007 - hypothyroidism.2 The USPSTF did not find direct evidence that screening for dyslipidemia leads to improvements … of diet supplements (psyllium, oat, garlic extract, and sterol margarine) and advice show marginal improvements … dyslipidemia.2 There is fair quality evidence that dietary counseling is associated with minimal improvements … in lipid levels in children with monogenic and multifactorial dyslipidemias; however, these improvements

11. Procedure Manual Appendix I. Congressional Mandate Establishing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 01, 2019 - AHRQ accomplishes these goals through scientific research and promotion of improvements in clinical practice … , including prevention of diseases and other health conditions, and improvements in the organization,

12. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 15, 2007 - hypothyroidism. 2 The USPSTF did not find direct evidence that screening for dyslipidemia leads to improvements … of diet supplements (psyllium, oat, garlic extract, and sterol margarine) and advice show marginal improvements … dyslipidemia. 2 There is fair quality evidence that dietary counseling is associated with minimal improvements … in lipid levels in children with monogenic and multifactorial dyslipidemias; however, these improvements

13. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 15, 2010 - Limited evidence suggests that these improvements can be sustained over the year after treatment. … children and adolescents aged 6 years and older can effectively yield short-term (up to 12 months) improvements … Limited evidence suggests that these improvements can be maintained over 12 months after treatment. … children and adolescents aged 6 years and older can effectively yield short-term (up to 12 months) improvements

14. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 18, 2024 - Pooled analyses of trials providing 26 or more contact hours and physical activity sessions showed improvements … Pooled results of all 16 studies (including those with <26 contact hours) were not associated with improvements … 2.2 to 15.4] for 15/92-mg/d dose); other medications did not demonstrate statistically significant improvements … None of the pharmacotherapy trials found improvements in glucose-related parameters. 1 , 10 Potential … ) behavioral interventions in children and adolescents 6 years or older with a high BMI can lead to improvements

15. Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - ioral interventions result in greater weight loss than less intense interventions and result in some improvements … ) behavioral interventions in children and adolescents 6 years or older with a high BMI can lead to improvements … Pooled results of all 16 studies (including those with <26 contact hours) were not associated with improvements … 2.2 to 15.4] for 15/92-mg/d dose); other medications did not demonstrate statistically significant improvements … None of the pharmacotherapy trials found improvements in glucose-related parameters.1,10 Potential Harms

16. Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 23, 2019 - decreasing trend in perinatal transmission observed in the studies may be due to various factors, such as improvements … in evidence-based protocols delivered in case management or improvements in implementation, including

17. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 11, 2025 - What are the effects of improvements in food security outcomes on intermediate and health outcomes? … What are the effects of improvements in intermediate outcomes on health outcomes? … security outcome but were rated as poor quality for the specific outcomes of interest for this review; improvements … For other outcomes, 1 prepost study reported improvements in depression and self-rated health (eg, 69% … studies included yielded little information on whether interventions to improve food security led to improvements

18. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 27, 2014 - Are improvements in intermediate outcomes after antiviral therapy associated with improvements in health … Are improvements in intermediate outcomes after antiviral therapy associated with improvements in health … The degree to which improvements in intermediate outcomes after antiviral therapy are associated with … Fair Are improvements in intermediate outcomes after antiviral therapy associated with improvements … Are improvements in intermediate outcomes after antiviral therapy associated with improvements in health

19. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 26, 2014 - behavioral counseling in persons with risk factors for cardiovascular disease resulted in consistent improvements … Decreases in cardiovascular mortality rates in recent decades have been attributed, in part, to improvements … not find any benefit in intermediate health outcomes, trials demonstrated statistically significant improvements … counseling trials that reported behavioral outcomes at 12 to 24 months found statistically significant improvements … physical activity behavioral counseling in persons with risk factors for CVD resulted in consistent improvements

20. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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    August 21, 2023 - It found that more evidence is needed on primary care screening and whether it leads to improvements