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401. Interventions in Primary Care to Promote Breastfeeding: An Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/WYuzSoTB7frsav2gnsP7SR
     January 01, 2010 - Furthermore, breastfeeding interventions with a com- ponent of lay support (such as peer support or peer … Some of the other inter- ventions implemented include peer-to-peer support, ma- ternal education, and … We also reviewed reference lists of a related systematic review (86) for additional studies. … Nonetheless, the RCTs reviewed in this report showed consistent findings. … A critical overview of the clinical literature. Diabetes Care. 1994;17:13-9. [PMID: 8112184] 39.

402. The Effectiveness of Primary Care-Based Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Evidence Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Two reviewers independently reviewed all abstracts and titles for inclusion. … initiation, short-term duration, and long-term duration according to timeframes commonly reported in the literature … reviews and controlled trials using criteria developed by the USPSTF.15 Two reviewers independently reviewed … Full-text articles were reviewed to identify 22 RCTs,19–40 8 non-RCTs,41–48 and 5 systematic reviews49 … their assistance in reviewing articles, and Patty Davies, MS, for her assistance in conducting the literature

403. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Targeted, Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Total articles reviewed from searches (n = 398) Abstracts reviewed from searches (n = 3948) Total … articles reviewed from outside sources (n = 92) Articles reviewed for KQ1 (n = 41) Articles included … The draft systematic review was reviewed by 8 external peer reviewers and was revised for the final version … Acknowledgment: The authors thank the following peer reviewers for the evidence report (alphabetical) … Review Oversight and Peer Review The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded this work, provided

404. Archived: Evidence Summary: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2003
     February 03, 2003 - We distributed a draft systematic evidence review for external peer review, soliciting comments from … key questions guided our literature searches. … A draft systematic evidence review was presented to the Task Force and then sent for broad peer review … We made revisions to the evidence review as appropriate after receiving peer review comments. … The Task Force reviewed all information and voted on a recommendation.

405. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     December 07, 2005 - A total of 745 full-text articles met our eligibility criteria and were reviewed. … Investigators reviewed all abstracts identified by the searches and determined eligibility of full-text … Data Extraction and Synthesis Investigators reviewed 5,377 abstracts identified by the searches. … Screening for primary speech and language delay: a systematic review of the literature. … Screening for primary speech and language delay: A systematic review of the literature.

406. Screening Children for Family Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - clinicians ask questions about abuse if it is suspected.39 This report is an update on the current literature … Results Screening We identified and reviewed 1,808 abstracts and retrieved 65 articles for further … Interventions We found and reviewed 1,748 abstracts. … could lose contact with established support systems including neighbors, siblings, school contacts, and peer … Agency staff and USPSTF members participated in the initial design of the study and reviewed interim

407. Current Processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/currprocess.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - review Work plans are reviewed by experts in the field Approval of peer-reviewed work plan‡ All members … described in methods papers published on the USPSTF Web site (www.preventiveservices.ahrq.gov) and in peer-reviewed … key questions, and then determined whether the remaining key questions needed to be system- atically reviewed … respond to the USPSTF recommendations and their accompanying evidence reviews through editori- als in peer-reviewed … publications and through formal let- ters to the editor of peer-reviewed journals.

408. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/inevidup.pdf
     September 01, 2009 - Other publications about approaches to grading rec­ ommendations were identified and reviewed (13). … of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature … and computed tomography tech- 15647222] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Sixth International Congress on Peer … The Congress, organized by JAMA and BMJ, aims to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical peer … Congress Web site at www.jama-peer .org.

409. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - re- view and synthesis of the evidence and is released with an accompanying summary of the evidence reviewed … The medical literature has seen an explosion in the number of systematic reviews published in the past … Further refine- ments to the draft “new” recommendation statement were reviewed in 2006 with 4 focus … References This section provides a small sample of the important literature on a topic and includes the … NEW PEER REVIEWERS Sign up to become a peer reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine by going to www.annals.org

410. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - liaisons assigned to a particular behavioral topic define the scope of clinical intervention approaches reviewed … health-behavior change and outcomes (shown here in Analytic Framework 1) when either: (1) the evidence has been reviewed … **Evidence for each intervention condition is reviewed in parallel. … In reality, the preferred outcome measures may not be widely available in the literature, because behavioral … Thus, the current literature, while much improved over the past, may still be insufficient to unequivocally

411. Archived: Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evaluating-test-strategies-for-colorectal-cancer-screening-a-decision-analysis-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - Data Sources: Derived from the literature. … We estimated the test characteristics of colorectal cancer screening from a review of the available literature … For FOBT, we used the ranges reported in the literature. 9 , 29 To assess the relative effect of decreased … The draft decision analysis was reviewed by 3 external peer reviewers (listed in the acknowledgments)

412. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - The draft systematic review was reviewed by 8 external peer reviewers and was revised for the final version … (including systematic reviews) and considering studies recommended by experts during and after peer … Review Oversight and Peer Review The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded this … The text reads: Abstracts reviewed from searches ( n = 3948) Total articles reviewed from searches … ( n = 398) Total articles reviewed from outside sources ( n = 92) Total articles reviewed

413. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary43/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
     October 07, 2011 - A second investigator reviewed data abstraction for accuracy. … The draft systematic reviews were reviewed by external peer reviewers not affiliated with the USPSTF, … Appendix Figure 1, entitled: "Summary of literature search and selection: effectiveness and harms of … Summary of Literature Search and Selection: Effectiveness and Harms of Treatment (Text Description) … Appendix Figure 2, entitled: "Summary of literature search and selection: effectiveness and harms of

414. Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Benefits and harms of treatments for prostate cancer were last reviewed by the USPSTF in 2002 (8). … A second investigator reviewed data abstraction for accuracy. … The draft systematic reviews were reviewed by external peer reviewers not affiliated with the USPSTF, … Summary of literature search and selection: effectiveness and harms of screening. … Summary of literature search and selection: effectiveness and harms of treatment.

415. 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 - searched Medline® from 1950 to January 2011 and the Cochrane Library through the third quarter of 2009, reviewed … and liaisons from the USPSTF helped develop and refine the key questions and analytic framework and reviewed … However, we identified no relevant non-English-language studies in our literature searches. … the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. b Other sources include reference lists, suggested by peer … Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B.

416. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
     June 03, 2003 - questions guided our literature searches. … The first author and at least one other coauthor reviewed each full article. … A draft systematic evidence review was presented to the Task Force and then sent for broad peer review … We made revisions to the evidence review as appropriate after receiving peer review comments. … The Task Force reviewed all information and voted on a recommendation.

417. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2003 - ........45 Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease 1 Abstract Background: We reviewed … and the effect of labeling an individual as being �high risk.� Methods To identify the relevant literature … bibliographies of key articles and used other recent systematic reviews when available to supplement our literature … For example, Hopkirk et al. reviewed the medical records of 225 asymptomatic air-crew members who had … Disease 29 Peer Reviewers We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who reviewed

418. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - questions guided our literature searches. … The first author and at least one other co-author reviewed each full article. … A draft Systematic Evidence Review (SER) was presented to the Task Force and then sent for broad peer … We made revisions to the evidence review as appropriate after receiving peer review comments. … The Task Force reviewed all information and voted on a recommendation.

419. Archived: Exercise Tolerance Testing to Screen for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review: Coronary Heart Disease (Electrocardiography): Screening (2004) | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/exercise-tolerance-testing-to-screen-for-coronary-heart-dise/coronary-heart-disease-electrocardiography-screening-2004
     February 03, 2004 - Review To identify the relevant literature, we searched the MEDLINE® database from 1966 through February … To supplement our literature searches, we hand-searched the bibliographies of key articles, used other … The full evidence report was subjected to external peer review and revised on the basis of the comments … Staff of the funding agency contributed to the study design, reviewed draft and final manuscripts, and … We reviewed the abstracts and retained 55 articles that examined the diagnostic or prognostic significance