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1341. Physicians’ Roles in Preventing Dental Caries in Preschool Children: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2004 - have at least 1 primary tooth with untreated decay.3 Dental caries is unequally distributed among the population … and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate that 20%7 and 30%,8,9 respectively, of the child population … Abbreviated Evidence Table of Effects of Fluoride Supplements on Primary Teeth (cont) Population description … Oral health: dental disease is a chronic problem among low-income populations. Report No. … Validity of two methods for assessing oral health status of populations.

1342. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 08, 2004 - sensitivity but low specificity for identifying future child maltreatment when administered in the study populations … Kempe Family Stress Inventory. 28 , 29 These questionnaires have not been widely tested in different populations … Further research is required to identify screening tools that are valid in the general population and … False-positive test results, most common in low-risk populations, may compromise the clinician-patient … A population-based survey assessing support for mandatory domestic violence reporting by health care

1343. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 15, 2009 - Four of these studies involved general adult populations ( n = 1908) 22 , 23 , 26 , 27 , and 4 focused … General Adult Populations In general adult populations, 4 trials 22 , 23 , 26 , 27 screened a total … Older Adult Populations In screening focused on older adults, 4 fairly large-scale trials 24 , 25 , … Not a general primary care population. Not English language or nondeveloped country. … We identified reviews that were relevant to 1 or more KQ on the basis of populations, interventions,

1344. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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      August 22, 2018 - Data were not pooled, primarily because of heterogeneity of populations, interventions, and outcomes. … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … Esti- mates of screening test accuracy for detecting past-year IPV were derived from populations with … First, the scope focused on asymp- tomatic populations without signs or symptoms of abuse. … The prior review for the USPSTF concluded that study populations and methods in uncon- trolled studies

1345. The Task Force Issues Draft Recommendations on Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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      January 16, 2024 - These gaps are particularly important to address in populations with the highest rates of high BMI,

1346. Screening for Cervical Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - be directly assessed or compared with the test characteristics of conventional cytology in the same population … studies prior to 2002 examined the role of HPV as a primary screening test, 5 of which used a study population … There are at least 8 studies evaluating HPV testing in large populations under way or recently completed … cancer is localized, only 13% will survive distant disease.24 Introduction of screening programs to populations … : Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative populations

1347. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 15, 2004 - computerized tomography (CT) for lung cancer screening and focuses on the outcomes of screening in populations … , as well as in high-risk populations, and included observational studies and clinical trials. … For the purposes of this review, high-risk populations include those who currently or have ever smoked … and low-risk populations include those who have never smoked. … The only data evaluating screening among women and including control populations come from 4 Japanese

1348. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2001 - Because the populations affected by preventive care recommendations are often large and have no recognized … of Topics Scope In defining its scope of interest, the Task Force must consider types of services, populations … The populations for whom Task Force recommenda- tions are intended include patients seen in traditional … The analytic framework (Figures 1 and 2) uses a graphical format to make explicit the populations, preventive … These condi- tions include: ● biologic plausibility; ● similarities of the populations studied and primary

1349. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2009 - generalizability of the study sample by consensus after discussing differences between the health care system and population … population: 2 Potentially relevant abstracts identified (n = 90) Full-text articles reviewed (n = 9 … How- ever, in areas of the United States with large immigrant populations, the yield of prenatal HBsAg … -born populations. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.

1350. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis B in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review48/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening-2009
      June 15, 2009 - generalizability of the study sample by consensus after discussing differences between the health care system and population … Considerations about generalizability to the United States included the population prevalence of HBV … -born women of childbearing age. 8  However, in areas of the United States with large immigrant populations … -born populations.

1351. Archived: Evidence Summary: Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 11, 2016 - Conclusion: Biennial screening for breast cancer is efficient for average-risk populations. … Efficiency Frontiers for Average-Risk Populations Efficiency frontier plots were used to graphically … Sensitivity Analyses for Average-Risk Populations Varying the disutilities for usual health, screening … , diagnosis, and treatment did not affect strategy rankings for average-risk populations, and QALY gains … Third, the analysis did not consider other imaging technologies for average-risk populations or for groups

1352. 4Zmynqjxlv8G4Lzlrrddrm (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2014 - Population: This recommendation applies to asymptomatic preg- nant women who are at increased risk for … PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Recommendation Risk Assessment Preventive … This approach may help to identify a patient population with an absolute risk for preeclampsia of at … Further research in populations that bear the highest disease burden for preeclampsia, including African … The USPSTF also added language to the Table to clarify the populations at risk.

1353. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2006 - studies compared the performance of ≥ 2 tests, compared a single screening technique across different populations … be helpful in screening for speech and language delay; 4) testing screening strategies in diverse populations … Validation of an early language milestone scale in a high-risk population. … PLASTER: predicting communication impairments in a NICU follow-up population. … Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative populations

1354. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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      June 18, 2024 - These gaps are particularly important to address in populations with the highest rates of high BMI,

1355. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2007 - However, given the low prevalence of chlamydial in- fection in this population, the USPSTF made no recom