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221. Archived: Final Research Plan: Child Maltreatment: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
     August 18, 2016 - This figure illustrates the intervention pathway for the population of interest, namely children and … Included Excluded Population Children and adolescents (birth through age 18 years) with … that are not applicable to U.S. practice Country Research conducted in the United States or in populations … similar to U.S. populations, with services and interventions applicable to U.S. practice (i.e., conducted … In response, the USPSTF revised the analytic framework to specify the population of interest as "children

222. Seventh 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/seventh-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     November 01, 2018 - also identified evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations for specific racial/ethnic populations … Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults Age 76 Years and Older Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Populations … Task Force’s recommendations are for all Americans, there is not always evidence available for every population … requests that the USPSTF identify evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations for specific populations

223. Archived: Final Research Plan: Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan-aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-diseas/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
     October 07, 2013 - Secondary and tertiary prevention of MI, stroke, death from MI or stroke, or all-cause mortality Populations … Adults age 40 years and older without known cardiovascular disease Nonhuman populations; other selected … nongeneralizable populations; patients with an existing cardiovascular disease diagnosis or history … The age range for the population of interest was changed from persons age 18 years and older to persons … age 40 years and older to better reflect the potential target population for the intervention.

224. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     May 15, 2009 - We excluded studies in high-risk or special populations and studies in populations not generalizable … Considerations about whether a population would be comparable to a U.S. population include the general … health status of the population, the availability of prenatal care, and the availability of trained … We specifically excluded studies in populations with high HIV rates, because these studies are thought … syphilis in pregnancy and met our inclusion criteria; we did not find any new studies in U.S. populations

225. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     December 20, 2016 - Use of this test at the manufacturer's cutpoint in a population of 100,000 with a prevalence of HSV-2 … Results in both populations were heterogeneous and inconsistent. … Eligible populations could be symptomatic, asymptomatic, or a combination of both. … Most studies (8) enrolled a population with HSV-2 prevalence greater than 40% based on Western blot ( … Harms of HSV-2 Serologic Screening in Asymptomatic Populations KeyQuestion 3a.

226. Draft Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
     December 10, 2024 - Read the Full Recommendation Recommendation Summary Population … reported not receiving a Papanicolaou (Pap) test in the past 5 years, compared with 11.4% of the general population … Notable disparities in cervical cancer mortality rates across populations exist. … There were no consistent differences in uptake by other population characteristics (age, race or ethnicity … Value of a catch-up HPV test in women aged 65 and above: a Danish population-based nonrandomized intervention

227. Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening
     February 02, 2021 - No population-based screening trials for carotid artery stenosis have been conducted. … a D recommendation against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general adult population … based on a low prevalence of stroke attributable to asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general population … The scope of this rapid review was limited to screening in the general population and did not address … Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in the General Population: An Evidence Update for

228. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9wQe2jWWHmor43TRBjtz3Q
     February 01, 2009 - CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS Patient Population Under Consideration This recommendation applies to the … adult general population without a history of premalignant or malignant lesions. … with an unscreened population with respect to appropriate health outcomes. … College of Preventive Medicine rec­ ommends that total cutaneous examinations be performed, targeting populations … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations

229. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-interventions-evidence-based-approach
     March 04, 2021 - in the General Population . … in the General Population . … Sick individuals and sick populations.  Int J Epidemiol  1985;14(1):32-38. Hollis JF. … in the General Population . … in the General Population .

230. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/B_Ae7DdLL7DNauBLXC-ptu
     June 01, 2003 - systematic review of the literature regarding the benefits and the harms of screening primary care populations … Three studies in primary care populations aged 65 years and older compared the frequency of dementia … memory.34 Undiagnosed patients accounted for 50% to 66% of all cases of dementia in the primary care populations … widely accepted in the United States and will be used as the standard in this review.36 Third, the populations … Learning Test,55,56 and the 7-Minute Screen57,58 are promising but need further testing in primary care populations

231. Final Research Plan: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
     June 30, 2022 - Data on population characteristics will help us explore the degree to which the findings are broadly … representative of the U.S. population, including a diversity of young persons across age; sex and gender … higher prevalence of higher BMI, such as Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American/American Indian populations … previous weight reduction or stabilization Healthy lifestyle counseling with no weight-related aim Population … weight trajectory Studies with an average age younger than 2 years or older than 18 years Populations

232. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - NIDDM is markedly increased in Native Americans and is also higher among black and Hispanic populations … various blood or urine tests have been examined for their ability to identify three distinct at-risk populations … Both the sensitivity and positive predictive value of screening tests will be highest in high-risk populations … Can islet cell antibodies predict IDDM in the general population? … Impaired glucose tolerance in the U.S. population.

233. Final Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 28, 2021 - Considerations Patient Population … This approach may help to identify a patient population with an absolute risk for preeclampsia of at … participants at increased risk for preeclampsia used a variety of approaches to identify the study population … Stratified comparisons did not show consistent evidence for effect differences related to intervention or population … Preeclampsia incidence would likely be at least 8% in a population of pregnant individuals having 1 of

234. Archived: Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - prevalence of 4.7% (95% CI, 3.4%–6.3%) for the overall US population and 20.5% (95% CI, 16.1%–25.8%) … Do these harms differ by population? No eligible studies were identified. … TB , in a population with a low prevalence of tuberculosis. … Do these harms differ by population? … The framework begins on the left with our population of interest: asymptomatic adults belonging to populations

235. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary8/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
     January 15, 2014 - randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) and large cohort studies (≥1000 participants) of asymptomatic adult populations … AAA deaths in women occurred in women aged 80 years and older. 34 Screening for AAA in High-Risk Populations … All studies were conducted in mostly white populations. … USPSTF's fair- or good-quality criteria. 23 In addition, the benefits realized in the trials with populations … A further meta-analysis of population-based screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

236. Archived: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
     May 15, 2013 - good sensitivity and specificity for detecting the full spectrum of alcohol misuse across multiple populations … Burden of Disease Alcohol misuse is a common issue across U.S. primary care populations … to good-quality systematic reviews compared different screening test characteristics in primary care populations … No specific information was available for the adolescent population. … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations

237. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - Management of other diseases or conditions (e.g., managing symptoms associated with arthritis) Populations … Adults age >18 years without known CVD risk factors † Includes studies among the following populations … CVD based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool; or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population … Current smokers Persons with medical conditions limiting their generalizability to primary care–based populations … CVD based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool; or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population

238. Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/fourteenth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-across-lifespan-all-communities
     November 01, 2024 - the Task Force’s commitment to improving health equity by highlighting research gaps in underserved populations … there are important evidence gaps that prevent the USPSTF from making recommendations for specific populations … Filling evidence gaps in healthcare and health outcomes for specific populations is a priority. … Identifying these gaps to facilitate greater inclusion of populations disproportionately affected by … These issues are especially important to study in underserved populations and high-risk groups.  40 Years

239. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gWJU-ZynehGyLBVYtDmMow
     May 01, 2009 - We excluded studies in high-risk or special populations and studies in populations not general- izable … Considerations about whether a population would be comparable to a U.S. population in- clude the general … We specifically excluded studies in populations with high HIV rates, because these studies are thought … We found 1 study in a non-U.S. population (9) that provided information on the benefits of screening … for syph- ilis in pregnancy and met our inclusion criteria; we did not find any new studies in U.S. populations

240. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ph_fauqHQjmrSqPAWKrARA
     September 28, 2021 - clinical risk factors or measurements associated with higher disease incidence than in the general population … Most trials enrolled majority White populations selected based on a range of risk factors. … population risk). … Population: Population not at increased risk (eg, nulliparous women). … Association between preeclampsia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a population-based and