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21. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
    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

22. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary29/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
    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

23. 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
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary2/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
    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

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    January 01, 2020 - behavioral counsel- ing in persons with risk factors for cardiovascular disease resulted in consistent improvements … Decreases in cardiovascular mortality rates in recent de- cades have been attributed, in part, to improvements … trials did not find any benefit in intermediate health outcomes, they showed statistically significant improvements … Increased self-reported carbohydrate intake accompanied by dietary improvements in fat/saturated fat, … physical activity behav- ioral counseling in persons with risk factors for CVD re- sulted in consistent improvements

25. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/speech-language-delay-bulletin.pdf
    August 21, 2023 - It found that more evidence is needed on primary care screening and whether it leads to improvements

26. Archived: Visual Impairment: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/visual-impairment-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - While the impact on physical and social function of these improvements is unknown, it has been demonstrated … that restoration of vision following cataract surgery leads to subjective improvements in a variety … of vision-related functions, as well as improvements in objective measures of physical and intellectual … the elderly has not been directly assessed, there is fair evidence that routine screening leads to improvements

27. Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/pFEM-gRfk6-Qj7grXkZQzC
    February 11, 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

28. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Task Force determines that more research is needed to recommend for or against screening all children age 5 years and younger (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/speech-language-delay-screening-children-final-rec-bulletin-w-40th-annivlogo.pdf
    January 23, 2024 - It found that more evidence is needed on primary care screening and whether it leads to improvements

29. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan23/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
    March 15, 2013 - Do improvements in intermediate outcomes improve final health outcomes?

30. 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 - In the absence of direct evidence for improvements in health outcomes, alternative indications through … in the analytic framework by dotted lines between changes in health behavior and intermediate health improvements … or risk factor reduction and between intermediate health improvements and reductions in morbidity or … measures that could help connect the dots between changes in health behavior and intermediate health improvements

31. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/integrating-evidence-based-clinical-and-community-strategies-improve-health
    March 12, 2021 - Interventions include various types of service delivery, improvements in systems, education, policy, … strategies is plentiful and interventions have been implemented at multiple levels contributing to improvements … Conclusion Major improvements in health have occurred as a result of effective health care and clinical … Although the current burden of disease and injury remains high, improvements can be made through effective

32. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/behavioral-counseling-interventions-evidence-based-approach-figure-2
    November 01, 2013 - produce other positive outcomes (e.g., mediators of behavior change, changes in other health behaviors, improvements

33. Methods and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes
    June 01, 2019 - Primary Care Patients: A Call for Relevant Primary Prevention Intervention Research (Abstract) 9/24/2019 Improvements

34. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
    July 10, 2018 - For the ABI, improvements in performance were the greatest for women, in whom traditional risk assessment … The largest improvements in discrimination (C statistic change ranging from 0.018 to 0.144) and reclassification … Furthermore, the clinical meaning of improvements in measures of calibration, discrimination, and reclassification … Improvements for the ABI are larger when base models perform poorly, such as the Framingham Risk Score … Improvements in risk stratification for the occurrence of cardiovascular disease by imaging subclinical

35. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
    June 18, 2014 - antiviral treatment, the benefits of education or behavior change counseling, and the association between improvements … 1.6 [CI, 1.1 to 2.5]; I 2 = 94%) and histologic (2 trials; RR, 1.2 [CI, 1.1 to 1.3]; I 2 = 0%) improvements … , 2.8 [CI, 1.9 to 4.4]; I 2 = 0%) and histologic (2 trials; RR, 1.2 [CI, 1.0 to 1.4]; I 2 = 0%) improvements … Observational studies found that improvements in various intermediate outcomes were associated with improved … antiviral treatment, the benefits of education or behavior change counseling, and the association between improvements

36. 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 - that treatment of refractive error improves visual acuity, there was inadequate evidence that these improvements … interventions to improve sensory deficits, such as vision, are beneficial when there is evidence on improvements … in objective measures but a lack of evidence of improvements of subjective measures.

37. Final Recommendation Statement: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
    February 16, 2016 - whether earlier identification through universal screening is associated with clinically important improvements … addressed the overarching question of whether screening for ASD in children 3 years or younger results in improvements … Twelve RCTs of play- or interaction-based interventions reported significant improvements in some measures

38. Thirteenth 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/thirteenth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
    January 01, 2023 - solutions to these barriers, the Task Force hopes that future research can fill these gaps and lead to improvements

39. Final Recommendation Statement: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
    November 24, 2020 - , interventions involving counseling on diet and physical activity led to statistically significant improvements … For all outcomes, improvements were seen at 12 to 24 months of follow-up. … Overall, behavioral counseling resulted in small, statistically significant improvements in saturated

40. Archived: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
    January 24, 2017 - Treatment with MADs showed more modest improvements in AHI. … Findings on AHI were inconsistent, and no statistically significant improvements in ESS score or blood … available on general and sleep-related quality of life, and there were small but statistically significant improvements … in sleep-related quality-of-life scores, but the clinical significance of these improvements is unclear