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Goutham Rao, M.D., FAHA
Member
Goutham Rao, M.D., FAHA, is a family physician and the chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and chief clinician e…
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June 09, 2020 - Car Relax Alone Forget Family/Friends Trouble); PESQ-PS
(Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire-Problem … Severity
Scale); POSIT (Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenag-
ers); and SDS (Severity Dependence … Substance Abuse: The Nation’s
Number One Health Problem. Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation; 2001.
8.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
November 13, 2018 - strategies, such as drinking diaries, action plans, alcohol use “prescriptions,” stress management, or problem … The AUDIT alcohol consumption questions (AUDIT-C): an effective brief screening test for problem drinking … Screening questionnaires for problem drinking in adolescents: performance of AUDIT, AUDIT-C, CRAFFT and … Brief physician advice for problem alcohol drinkers.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-2004
May 15, 2004 - However, some trends suggested incremental benefits from some interventions (in particular, problem-solving … Improvements were described in patients with a history of DSH who participated in problem-solving therapy
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
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Final Recommendation Statement
Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication
May 15, 2012
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are i…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
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Final Research Plan
Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening
October 20, 2016
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as …
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Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
PREVENTION OF FALLS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS
CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION
Population
Community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older who are at
increa…
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July 01, 2009 - Importance
Impairment of visual acuity—best corrected vision
worse than 20/50—is a serious public health problem … Many older
adults may not perceive sensory deficits as a problem and
may alter their daily lives to adapt
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
May 15, 2013 - include cognitive behavioral strategies, such as action plans, drinking diaries, stress management, or problem … Research Needs and Gaps
Alcohol misuse among adolescents is an important public health problem
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May 19, 2025 - Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression
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and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of people…
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May 01, 2025 - Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy
Clinicians
Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation
Screening for Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy
May 2025
What does the USPSTF recommend?
A
Grade
For pregnant women:
Provi…
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June 01, 2024 - Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Clinicians
Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation
Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
June 2024
What does the USPSTF recommend?
B
Grade
…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
June 03, 2003 - definition of MCI and other reviews have not found evidence of effective treatment for people with this problem … Whether this approach or other patient-based cognitive screening tools will be able to overcome this problem … neuropsychiatric symptoms. 114 A potential benefit of early detection of dementia is that these associated problem … The most important problem with the evidence for screening for dementia is the uncertainty about the … Although caregiver burden, increased use of health care, problem behaviors, psychiatric symptoms, and
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Screening for Skin Cancer
Screening for Depression in Adults: Clinical Summary
Population Adults aged ≥18 y
Recommendation
Screen for depression, with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and
appropriate follow-up.
Grade: B
Risk Assessment
Women, youn…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
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Final Recommendation Statement
Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions
April 17, 2018
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are indep…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary30/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
July 07, 2015 - Cutoff scores for positive screening (i.e., a speech or language problem), when provided, varied by instrument … sampling
b Predictive values may be questionable for studies in which prevalence exceeded 10%; the problem … sampling
b Predictive values may be questionable for studies in which prevalence exceeded 10%; the problem
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
July 06, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation
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Table of Contents 6.1 Overview 6.2 Assessing Evidence at the Key Question and Linkage Levels 6.3 Dealing…
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May 01, 2004 - However, some trends suggested incremental benefits
from some interventions (in particular, problem- … Improvements
were described in patients with a history of DSH
who participated in problem-solving therapy
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling-2003
July 01, 2003 - brief, relatively directive health education combined with behaviorally-oriented skills training and problem-solving … lactation consultants, nurses, or peer counselors to provide pre-arranged appointments and/or unscheduled, problem-oriented
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening
March 09, 2021 - Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem … Stop screening once a person has not smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy … Stop screening once a person has not smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy … The USPSTF recommends discontinuing screening if a person develops a health problem that substantially … that screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem