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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/how-the-uspstf-gets-input-2021_updated_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - The Task Force is
made up experts in the felds of preventive medicine and primary care, including internal … Subject matter experts on the topic, including specialists. … Throughout the recommendation process, including the 4-week public comment periods for draft research … Throughout the recommendation process, including during the 4-week public comment periods for draft research … Throughout the recommendation process, including the 4-week public comment periods for draft research
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-adults-interventions
March 31, 2016 - interventions for weight loss or weight loss maintenance may have an effect on intermediate outcomes (including … cluster randomized trials
KQ 3:
Systematic reviews, including meta-analyses, of randomized or … controlled clinical trials or cohort studies
Randomized or controlled clinical trials, including cluster … Several comments suggested including studies among women during the postpartum period; the USPSTF changed … A number of comments suggested including interventions with surgical and nonsurgical devices for the
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
November 02, 2023 - Include
Exclude
Populations
Adults age >18 years, including studies among:
Adults who … (i.e., ≥25.0 kg/m 2 ) or other adiposity-related risk factor
Adults with known CVD risk factors, including … text messages, and remote video feed) and can be delivered by a number of potential interventionists, including … Study designs
KQs 1, 2, 3, 5: Randomized clinical trials
KQ 4: Randomized, clinical trials including … for healthy diet and physical activity among adults with and without existing CVD risk factors, including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_q6ZTL2Yg6f6rLp-Re9whD
June 24, 2025 - EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT The USPSTF concludes that screening for IPV in women of
reproductive age, including … RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for IPV in women of
reproductive age, including … All rights reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. … All rights reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. … All rights reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
September 27, 2014 - the analytic framework, which is a visual pathway outlining the evidence areas covered in the review, including … to denote the potential impact of screening on improved vision as well as clinical health outcomes, including … Outcomes
KQs 1, 2: Visual acuity; vision-related quality of life; functional capacity, including … ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures of morbidity and mortality; cognition; harms, including … test compared with a reference standard
KQs 4, 5: RCTs comparing treatment with no treatment (including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
June 04, 2020 - Interventions
KQs 1, 2: Vision screening performed in primary care or community-based settings, including … specialty settings
KQ 3, 4: Diagnostic tests for vision screening performed in eye specialty settings (including … Outcomes
KQs 1, 2, 5–7: Visual acuity; vision-related quality of life; functional capacity, including … ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures of morbidity; mortality; cognition; harms, including … diagnostic test compared with a reference standard
KQs 5–7: RCTs comparing treatment with no treatment (including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/how-the-uspstf-gets-input-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - The Task Force is made up
experts in the felds of preventive medicine and primary care, including internal … Subject matter experts on the topic, including specialists. … Throughout the recommendation process, including the 4-week public comment periods for draft research … Throughout the recommendation process, including during the 4-week public comment periods for draft research … Throughout the recommendation process, including the 4-week public comment periods for draft research
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
May 01, 2025 - Condition
Any infection that is transmitted through sexual contact (i.e., oral, vaginal, or anal), including … needles or injection equipment with an infected person)
Population
Adolescents and adults, including … based on testing/biologic confirmation)
Mortality and quality of life
STI-related health outcomes, including … Psychological harms
Self-reported measures of infection, attitude, knowledge, ability, or self-efficacy, including … Carrying barrier protection
Setting
Conducted in or recruited from primary care settings, including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
January 19, 2021 - Email
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Evidence Summary
Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including … Interventions targeting cessation of any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes, were included and reviews … Where strength of evidence grades were not available, including for the primary evidence syntheses, an … Sixty-four reviews were identified that met eligibility criteria, including those among an unselected … Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: An Evidence Update for the U.S
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
July 07, 2022 - deficiency, with or without anemia, what is the association between change in maternal iron status (including … deficiency, with or without anemia, what is the association between change in maternal iron status (including … Preventive Services Task Force made a few minor additions and wording changes to improve clarity, including … The rationale for not including infant outcomes beyond the first year of life include lack of evidence … Commenters also suggested including studies conducted outside the United States.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/YALMYpRCoRSu9nhPFGudEm
November 01, 2022 - POPULATION Adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons, without known history,
signs, or symptoms … against routine serologic screening for
genital HSV infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including … Asymptomatic adolescents
and adults, including
pregnant persons
DThe USPSTF recommends against routine … • This recommendation applies to routine screening of adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons … For asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons:
Do not routinely screen for genital
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
March 21, 2024 - accuracy of different approaches for identifying individuals at increased risk of primary breast cancer, including … described with respect to factors that can contribute to variability in intervention access and outcomes, including … e.g., aspirin)
Outcomes
KQ 1 (Effectiveness): Incidence of primary invasive breast cancer (including … mortality; all-cause mortality; and global measures of quality of life
KQ 2 (Harms): Adverse effects, including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
September 21, 2015 - archived
Final Recommendation Statement
Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including … I
All adults, including pregnant women
The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient … to recommend electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) for tobacco cessation in adults, including … The USPSTF found convincing evidence that pharmacotherapy interventions, including nicotine replacement … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that the harms of pharmacotherapy, including serious cardiovascular
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/tpCHxaLN8aUUEWELwGmFLd
June 01, 2020 - • Adults 18 years or older and adolescents, including those who are pregnant and postpartum. … unhealthy alcohol
use in adolescents and adults; interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including … This includes more details on the rationale
of the recommendation, including benefits and harms; supporting … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-including-pregnant-women-screening
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tuberculosis-infection-screening-immunization-1996
February 11, 2014 - Print
archived
Final Recommendation Statement
Tuberculosis Infection, Including … frequency of false-positive and false-negative tuberculin skin tests depends on a number of variables, including … infection before hypersensitivity develops, in anergic individuals and those with severe illnesses (including … Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) recommend annual testing for adolescents in high-risk settings including … , most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America), medically underserved low-income populations (including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan16/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
August 15, 2013 - outcomes on the far right side of the framework, specifically mortality, cardiovascular morbidity (including … and congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, amputations, skin ulcers, visual impairment (including … blindness), periodontitis (including tooth loss), moderate-severe neuropathy, and quality of life; an … blindness), periodontitis (including tooth loss), moderate-severe neuropathy, quality of life
KQ 2 … : Labeling, anxiety, false-positive results
KQ 4: Serious side effects from treatments, including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
February 14, 2023 - Summary
Population
Recommendation
Grade
Asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including … serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including … For asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons: Do not routinely screen for genital … This recommendation applies to routine screening of adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons … This includes more details on the rationale of the recommendation, including benefits and harms, supporting
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/v7kgKfbWsEFnPY3wkvkRGc
May 26, 2020 - 3 of the leading
causes of death among young persons (aged 10 to 24 years):
unintentional injuries including … to 3 of the leading causes of death among
young persons (aged 10-24 years): unintentional injuries including … Nonmedical
Drug Use
The term “illicit drug use” is defined as the use of substances
(not including alcohol … • Screening for illicit drug use in adolescents and adults, including nonmedical use of prescription … Screening for Illicit Drug Use, Including
Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: Draft
Recommendation
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
November 30, 2023 - . † Harms of treatment include adverse effects associated with antiretroviral therapy, including cardiometabolic … help us explore the degree to which the findings are broadly representative of the U.S. population, including … years
*For all Key Questions, subgroups of interest include those defined by sex, age (including … , or one another
Outcomes
KQ 1: Vertical transmission rates KQ 2: Harms of screening, including … of labeling, and partner discord, abuse, or violence KQ 3: Maternal and infant harms of treatment, including
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4RNVtFNUtF85_ErBy9cqC9
June 01, 2023 - B
Grade
Adults 64 years or younger, including pregnant and postpartum persons:
Screen for anxiety … This recommendation applies to adults (19 years or older), including pregnant and postpartum persons, … • The USPSTF recommends screening for anxiety in adults 64 years or younger, including pregnant and … This includes more
details on the rationale of the recommendation, including benefits and harms; supporting