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421. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 21, 2025 - for benefits because of the ethical imperative to do no harm, especially when caring for asymptomatic persons … costs for use by providers, including cost-effectiveness studies. 7.1.4 Recommendations apply only to persons … Persons living in the United States are the target population for all recommendation statements. … recorded. 7.4.2 Voting on Draft Recommendations At a meeting of the full Task Force (usually in person

422. Archived: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity: Counseling for CVD Prevention in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2012 - Generally, persons with a 10-year risk greater than 20% are considered to be high-risk, those with a … Medium-intensity interventions involved a range of 3 to 24 phone sessions or 1 to 8 in-person sessions … High-intensity interventions involved a range of 4 to 20 in-person group sessions and were the only interventions … Persons at higher risk may benefit from counseling interventions more than persons at low risk, because … One study estimated the incidence of sudden death to be 1 per 1.42 million person-hours of vigorous exercise

423. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - B Persons younger than the legal age for drinking The use of alcohol should be discouraged in … persons younger than the legal age for drinking, although the effectiveness of alcohol abstinence messages … Nearly 20% of drinkers report problems with friends, family, work, or police due to drinking. 10 Persons … Brief screening tests may be less sensitive or less specific in young persons: sensitivity of the CAGE … There is no single definition of "hazardous" drinking in asymptomatic persons, but successful intervention

424. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding (pdf file)
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     November 18, 2024 - health of babies, including reducing the risk of infections, and may have health benefits for the person … B Grade The USPSTF recommends providing or referring pregnant and postpartum persons to interventions … • Breastfeeding has proven health benefits for babies and may also have health benefits for the person … Breastfeeding may also have health benefits for the person breastfeeding. What are the harms? … multiple touchpoints, and reflect that the decision to breastfeed is a personal one, and not every person

425. Clinical Summary: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     including pregnant women Adolescents Recommendation Screen for unhealthy alcohol use and provide persons

426. Archived: Family Violence: Screening and Interventions, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - physical or sexual abuse of spouse or intimate partner), and elder abuse (abuse or neglect of older persons … history of substance abuse, mental illness, or violence, or who are financially dependent on the elder person … Such persons may be referred for psychiatric counseling or family therapy to learn stress management … It is also important for clinicians to maintain a high index of suspicion when examining other persons … Abuse and neglect of elderly persons. N Engl J Med . 1995;332:437–443. [ PubMed ] 42.

427. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 11, 2019 - All trials enrolled persons at increased risk for HIV infection. … All trials of persons at increased risk because of heterosexual contact were conducted in Africa and … No study evaluated a US-applicable instrument for predicting risk of HIV infection in persons at risk … Fifth, trials of PrEP in persons at risk because of heterosexual contact were conducted in Africa and … Risk of drug resistance among persons acquiring HIV within a randomized clinical trial of single- or

428. Twelfth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2022 - historically underserved populations such as Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic/Latino persons … Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons Examine effective

429. Archived: Physical Activity Promotion: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - 11-15 A relative risk of death from CHD of 1.9 (95% confidence interval, 1.6 to 2.2) for sedentary persons … One reason that those who are physically active may be at decreased risk for CHD is self-selection — persons … of excessive levels of physical activity, sudden dramatic increases in activity level (especially in persons … The effects of nonpharmacologic interventions on blood pressure of persons with high normal levels. … Effect of exercise training on 60-69 year-old persons with essential hypertension.

430. Archived: Evidence Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - Most trials targeted persons at increased risk for STIs based on sociodemographic characteristics, risky … We excluded studies limited to persons with HIV (or populations with very high prevalence of HIV [>10% … in the study sample]), inmates and parolees, and persons in inpatient or residential settings because … The “prior STI” category was limited to persons with a current or recent STI at baseline. … with and without a history of STIs, and persons with and without a history of substance abuse.

431. 11th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Like the Task Force, we are committed to making health equity a priority, because every person deserves … (Grade B) Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons The … (Grade A) The USPSTF recommends that clinicians ask all pregnant persons about tobacco use, advise … Evidence indicates that the net benefit of screening all persons in this age group is small. … Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem

432. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2009 - English-language studies were selected to answer the following key question: Does screening in asymptomatic persons … morbidity and mortality outcomes to answer the following key question: Does screening in asymptomatic persons … were editorials or review articles, had no control group, or had a study population that included only persons … Accuracy of screening is an important link in the chain of evidence connecting screening in asymptomatic persons … contextual questions (CQ1) and CQ2) are listed below the figure: KQ: Does screening in asymptomatic persons

433. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Benefits and Harms The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that screening for COPD in asymptomatic persons

434. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     In addition, the USPSTF recommends the use of aspirin for persons at increased risk for cardiovascular

435. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 30, 2024 - assigned female at birth (including transgender men and nonbinary persons) 40 years or older at average … They do not apply to persons who have a genetic marker or syndrome associated with a high risk of breast … aged 70 to 74 years, although rates in persons 75 years or older remain high (453.3 and 409.9 cases … Modeling generally estimated that the benefits of screening mammography would be greater for persons … It is not possible to directly observe for any individual person whether they have or do not have an

436. 12th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons a. … evidence-based recommendations is critical to helping NPs across the country deliver accessible, person-centered … Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons • Examine effective … Smoking Cessation Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons … Persons who are not at increased risk for bleeding and are willing to take low-dose aspirin daily are

437. Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 30, 2016 - Include Exclude Population Persons of any age Parents/caregivers of children Persons

438. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding (pdf file)
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     needs additional evidence to create the strongest recommendations for everyone and especially for persons … Studies should be representative of persons living in the United States and include populations who

439. Archived: Hepatitis B in Pregnant Women: Screening, February 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2004 - Certain persons at high risk for HBV could be screened to assess their eligibility for vaccination (C … contact with multiple partners, male homosexual activity, and household contacts of chronically infected persons

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     December 01, 2014 - The CDC estimates that more than 800 000 persons are infected with gonorrhea in the United States each … In 2012, black and Hispanic persons had higher rates of infection than white persons (1). … Rectal and pharyngeal swabs can be collected from persons who engage in receptive anal intercourse and … However, these studies did not meet inclusion cri- teria because they included symptomatic persons and … It recommends screening every 3 to 6 months for persons in this population if they are at high risk (