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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - remain alert for clues suggesting deteriorating cognitive function. 67 The American Academy of Family Physicians … recommends that physicians include questions about functional status in the patient history of patients … American Academy of Family Physicians. Age charts for periodic health examination. … Kansas City, MO: American Academy of Family Physicians. 1994. (Reprint no. 510.)
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
November 03, 2003 - office. 3 The 11 RCTs used a variety of health professionals to deliver the interventions, including physicians … recommend for or against community-based obesity prevention programs. 24 The American Academy of Family Physicians … American Academy of Family Physicians. Periodic Health Examinations. Recommend: General Population.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-abuse-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - cocaine, heroin, phencyclidine, methaqualone, hallucinogens, etc.), legal drugs not prescribed by a physician … The American Medical Association (AMA) 71 and the American Academy of Family Physicians … (AAFP) 72 advise physicians to include an in-depth history of substance abuse as part of a complete … American Family Physician monograph, Summer 1994. 42. Cogswell BE. … American Academy of Family Physicians. Kansas City, MO; 1994.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Endoscopy, 92 and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 93 The American College of Physicians … Studies suggest that physician motivation is a major determinant of patient compliance, 104 , 105 and … physicians may be reluctant to perform screening sigmoidoscopy on asymptomatic persons. … It has been estimated that a typical family physician with 3,000 active patients (one third aged 50 or … American Academy of Family Physicians. Kansas City, MO; 1994.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2009
December 15, 2009 - The American Academy of Family Physicians has endorsed the USPSTF recommendation on breast cancer screening … The American College of Physicians recommended in 2007 that screening mammography decisions in women … American Academy of Family Physicians. A-E: Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services. … Leawood, KS: American Academy of Family Physicians; 2009. … Aronson M, Weiss KB, Owens DK; Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Adverse effects, such as unnecessary physician visits, heightened anxiety levels, or increased radiographic … Leningrad comparing formal BSE instruction to no intervention in women aged 40-64 has reported increases in physician … The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recommends CBE every 1-3 years for women aged 30-39 … American Academy of Family Physicians. Kansas City, MO: Kansas City, MO; 1994. … American College of Physicians. Screening for breast cancer (approved July 15, 1995).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/apps/about.jsp
Some of the ways the Prevention TaskForce is being used include:
By primary care physicians
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/by8VJVre6h6BmadrGxaFMM
April 01, 2016 - eligible for aspirin therapy
and were at increased CHD risk (>10% 10-year
risk), about 41% were told by a physician … Among patients aged 65 years or older who were
told by a physician to take aspirin, 80% adhered to the … Previous recommendations from the American
Academy of Family Physicians about aspirin use for the
primary … Steering Committee of the Physicians' Health Study Research
Group. … American Academy of Family Physicians.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_7ajXPWanAmoL_YtR72qFo
March 01, 2005 - Am Fam Physician.
2002;65(6):1138–1142.
8. Ashley R. … Frame, MD (Family
Physician, Tri-County Family
Medicine, Cohocton, NY, and
Clinical Professor of Family
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August 20, 2019 - – + Fair
Brain et al,60
2002
740b Geneticist,
nurse
– + – + + – Good
Brain et al,61
2011
263b Physician … – – – – + + Good
Fry et al,65
2003
263 Geneticist,
physician,
nurse
– + + – Fair
Gurmankin
et al … ,66 2005
125 Physician + – NA
Helmes et al,67
2006
340 Genetic
counselor
– + + – – + Fair
Hopwood … 364 Nurse, genetic
counselor
– – + – Fair
Lobb et al,73
2004
193 Geneticist,
genetic
counselor,
physician … – – Fair
Mikkelsen
et al,76 2009
1971b Physician – + – – – – Fair
Pieterse et al,77
2011
77 Geneticist
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/wKfFrTpC8VtforKLrqGpjQ
April 18, 2023 - approximately 2.9 mil-
lion individuals evaluated visual skin examinations conducted by pri-
mary care physicians … context
National/regional screening program 5 0 5 3 814 082
Time-limited screening event 2 0 2 309 661
Physician-focused … where people were
invited to have suspicious skin lesions examined.30 The single
US-based study was a physician-focused … incident melanoma (n = 3762) and matched controls
(n = 3824) and assessed self-reported whole-body physician … .043).28
In the Australian case-control study the odds of having had a
clinical skin examination by a physician
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
August 05, 2025 - Practice
According to the 2015-2016 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 72% of primary care physicians … half (68%) report annual screening or screening at every healthcare visit. 13 In addition, 65% of physicians … Alcohol screening and brief intervention: office-based primary care physicians, U.S., 2015-2016.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening
April 28, 2016 - Can patient- or physician-level interventions (e.g., decision aids) successfully align prostate cancer
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hormone-therapy-postmenopause-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
November 01, 2022 - He is the medical director of MU Health Care Family Medicine–Callaway Physicians,
where he practices
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/genital-herpes-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
February 14, 2023 - He is the medical director of MU Healthcare Family Medicine–Callaway Physicians.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
June 24, 2025 - provide interventions for women who screen positive. 63 The American Medical Association recommends that physicians … about physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. 64 For persons experiencing abuse, it recommends that physicians …
Abuse of Older and Vulnerable Adults Screening Recommendations
The American Academy of Family Physicians … American Academy of Family Physicians. Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults. … https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/38JVCyPEw7CNrmZN6twpM6
July 01, 2021 - younger or for those living in an area where
gonorrhea is common.56,57
The American Academy of Family Physicians … Am Fam Physician. 2016;94(9):723-726.
12. Korenromp EL, Sudaryo MK, de Vlas SJ, et al. … American Academy
of Family Physicians. Accessed July 28, 2021. … https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-
care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-
recommendations … https://jama.com
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient
www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/routine-tests
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hivprep-bulletin.pdf
August 22, 2023 - He is the medical director of MU Health Care Family Medicine–
Callaway Physicians, where he practices
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening-2002
September 17, 2002 - pain, leading to 150,000 hospital admissions per year in persons older than 65 years of age, 161,000 physician … For example, a physician cannot definitively say that a patient does not have osteoporosis on the basis … Royal College of Physicians. London: Royal College of Physicians of London; 1999.
19. … Clinical reporting to primary care physicians leads to increased use and understanding of bone densitometry … National Physician Fee Schedule Payment Amount File .
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September 01, 2002 - cause severe pain, leading to
150,000 hospital admissions per year in persons
older than 65, 161,000 physician … For
example, a physician cannot definitively say that a
patient does not have osteoporosis on the basis … Royal College of Physicians. Osteoporosis: Clinical
Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment. … London:
Royal College of Physicians of London; 1999.
19. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. … National Physician Fee Schedule Payment Amount
File.