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121. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
     May 15, 2012 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance Falls are the leading cause of injury in adults aged 65 years or older. … The burden of falls on patients and the health care system is large. … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; Stanford University … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF

122. Understanding How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Works (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-01/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-2025.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) • Describe how the Task Force develops recommendations … Preventive Services Task Force… • Is an independent panel of non-federal experts in prevention and … support to the USPSTF • AHRQ’s Mission: to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality … These grades are based on the strength of the evidence and the balance of benefits and harms of a specific … about different areas of interest in prevention and evidence-based medicine Thank you for your

123. Recommendation: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening
     November 15, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … care system, than the United States, which also affects the applicability of the study results in the … Owens, MD, MS (Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … Detecting Oral Cancer: A Guide for Health Care Professionals.

124. Qd4Zm2Uk2Ldubpa9Yyfbrm (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - RATIONALE Importance Oral cavity cancer (or oral cancer) and pharyngeal can- cer include cancer of … care system, than the United States, which also affects the applicability of the study re- sults in … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … Detecting Oral Can- cer: A Guide for Health Care Professionals. … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford

125. Archived: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
     August 26, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance Cardiovascular disease, primarily in the forms of heart disease and stroke, is a … Effective interactions between health care and community interventions, specifically public health and … Gillman, MD, SM (Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF

126. Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/e9f8a_uGMXxSbBUxpRPkrc
     June 18, 2024 - OBJECTIVE To examine the benefits and harms of weight management interventions initiated in health care … or recruited from health care settings. … the Supplement), engagement with health care, or whether nega- tive consequences of higher BMI may be … , the clinical importance of these changes is not established.76 Mean reductions in zBMI found in the … interventions in health care settings.

127. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development
     January 01, 2014 - Convened and supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the USPSTF is charged … recommendations for their delivery to the health care community. … topics by using specific criteria: The public health importance of the condition to be prevented … service in specific populations Assessment of the certainty of the evidence of the net benefit or … among health care providers, patients, payers, employers, and research organizations for the development

128. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8U8tcAjprBFpANg2GVAJVp
     March 01, 2009 - RATIONALE Importance Despite advances in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of STIs, they remain … regard- ing abstinence and the importance of barrier contraceptives (7). … They should not be construed as an official posi- tion of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Ado- lescent Health Care.

129. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Qh7NQD6ZEynjyRso7L5-gS
     January 15, 2008 - Rationale Importance: Illicit drug use and abuse are serious problems among adolescents, adults, … in the U.S. is highest between the ages of 18 to 20 years, more than 10% of adolescents aged 12 to17 … Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, January 2008. … Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, January 2008. … Guidelines for Women’s Health Care, 2nd edition, 2002. Washington, D.C. 9 U.S.

130. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/EGPJ5VSbLv4_cDB7fQBmGR
     May 01, 2014 - In the health care system, laws requiring coverage parity between mental and physical health disorders … The recom- mendation of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care also mirrors the 2004 USPSTF … Guidelines for Ado- lescent Health Care. 2nd ed. … The Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care. … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stan

131. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
     November 19, 2024 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Systemic or structural racism results in policies and practices, including healthcare delivery, that … Return to Table of Contents Importance … in the grade of the recommendation. 8 In its deliberation of the evidence, the USPSTF considers whether

132. Archived: Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/update-on-the-methods-of-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-estimating-certainty-and-magnitude-of-net-bene%EF%AC%81t/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     December 15, 2007 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Barton, MD, MPP, of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Primary Care, Prevention … Torchia of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … ) and in print through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Publications Clearinghouse (800

133. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
     April 09, 2001 - and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. … for men and 32% for women in the United States. 5 CHD accounted for $78 billion in health care costs … The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care in 1994 recommended “case-finding” in all men aged … 30 to 59 years who present to their health care providers and clinical judgment in other cases. 13 The … The impact of health care advice given in primary care on cardiovascular risk: CELL Study Group.

134. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
     June 20, 2023 - Collaborative care is a multicomponent, health care system–level intervention that uses care managers … In the absence of evidence, health care professionals should use their judgement, based on individual … Systemic or structural racism results in policies and practices, including health care delivery, that … and primary health care visits, 1995-2005. … Racial-ethnic differences in psychiatric diagnoses and treatment across 11 health care systems in the

135. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/caCcWa2a6jQGRyb7H8CkbU
     July 01, 2009 - RATIONALE Importance Impairment of visual acuity—best corrected vision worse than 20/50—is a serious … to substantial costs to the health care system. … They should not be construed as an official posi- tion of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 1996.

136. Recommendation: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
     January 29, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance In the United States, the rate of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum was an estimated … in the grade of the recommendation. 9 In its deliberation of the evidence, the USPSTF considers whether … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, and Stanford University

137. 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 - in- clude substance abuse, limited access to health care, pov- erty, African-American ethnicity, and … in pregnancy in the reduction of incidence of congenital syphilis; the harms of screening, specifically … discussions with the USPSTF on similarities between the health care system in the study country and … Role of the Funding Source The work conducted by the USPSTF is supported by the Agency for Healthcare … Requests for Single Reprints: Reprints are available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

138. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
     February 25, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … effect of screening for cognitive impairment on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), health care … This trial found no differences in HRQOL at 1, 6, or 12 months and no differences in health care utilization … sizes were small and of uncertain clinical importance. … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, and Stanford University

139. Recommendation: 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/recommendation/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     July 26, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … in health care settings for all adult patients to prevent CVD. 44 Return to Table of Contents … The US Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support the operations … Routine assessment and promotion of physical activity in healthcare settings: a scientific statement

140. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-2004
     February 15, 2004 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Programs that vaccinate health care workers also reduce the transmission of HBV infection. … The definitions below (of USPSTF grades and quality of evidence ratings) were in use prior to the update … power of studies, important flaws in their design or conduct, gaps in the chain of evidence, or lack