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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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?

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

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    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6jFgJYJSbMc48mj2uKsAhB
    October 01, 2014 - Improvements were most robust at 12 to 24 months; few studies followed participants for more than 24 … receiving medication to decrease blood pressure or cholesterol level reported statistically significant improvements … Epidemiologic data suggest that even small improvements in lipid levels, blood pressure, glycemic control … measures were gener- ally small, but these effects were combined with reductions in weight and sustained improvements

34. Archived: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-screening-2002
    May 07, 2002 - Five of these 10 studies reported significant improvements in the clinical outcomes of depressed patients … , and three others reported improvements that did not reach statistical significance.

35. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
    May 15, 2012 - Smaller albeit significant improvements were seen in composite scores of sun-protective behaviors in … statistically insignificant, and overall it was difficult to determine the clinical relevance of the small improvements … packaged with tailored risk feedback or a self-directed computer-based intervention found significant improvements

36. Recommendation: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/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

37. Screening for Depression - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/FExZhpEq2337V-hwkaPQ8y
    May 01, 2002 - Five of these 10 studies reported significant improvements in the clinical outcomes of depressed patients … , and 3 others reported improvements that did not reach statistical significance.

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    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Vc8SLesU493dFQmMKadxGL
    December 01, 2003 - blood pressure, and improved dyslipidemia.26,30 Greater weight loss has been linked with more dramatic improvements … Surgical cohort studies suggest that large amounts of weight loss may be linked with dramatic improvements … showed borderline improved self-esteem in both treatment groups.38 The USPSTF found mixed evidence of improvements

39. Recommendation: 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/recommendation/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. Evidence Summary: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 18, 2024 - years and older and offer or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions to promote improvements … Very few individual studies found any statistically significant improvements in quality of life at any … Pooled effects indicated no impact on measures of cholesterol but suggested small improvements in blood … None of the trials found improvements in glucose-related parameters. … 1700 Pooled effects indicated no impact on measures of cholesterol but suggested slightly larger improvements