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Practice Guidelines

The following resources are women’s health and general health clinical practice guidelines for evidence-based clinical practice.  These have been developed for practitioners providing preventive services and medical care in many specialty areas. 

General Health Guidelines

Publications

American Flag Icon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Topics A to Z

American Flag Icon Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

American Flag Icon Consensus Statement Overview: Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

American Flag Icon Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) Primary Care Version

American Flag Icon Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition

American Flag Icon Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment

American Flag Icon Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States

American Flag Icon What's New in Preventive Services

American Flag Icon Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders

Web sites

American Flag Icon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommends: The Prevention Guidelines System

American Flag Icon Nutrition.gov

American Flag Icon NIH Consensus Development Program

Organizations

American Flag Icon National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC)

American Flag Icon Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HHS

American Flag Icon Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center Clinical Practice Guidelines

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

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Breast Health

Publications

American Flag Icon AHRQ - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Breastfeeding

American Flag Icon HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding

American Flag Icon Recommendations and Rationale: Screening for Breast Cancer

Summit Meeting on Breast Cancer Among African American Women

Organizations

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Publications

American Flag Icon Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

American Flag Icon Defining and Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Web sites

American Flag Icon Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

American Flag Icon Fibromyalgia

Organizations

American Flag Icon National Center for Infectious Diseases

American Flag Icon National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

American College of Rheumatology

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Depression and Anxiety

Publications

American Flag Icon Screening for Depression: Recommendations and Rationale

American Flag Icon Major Depressive Disorder Clinical Practice Guidelines

Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depression

Web sites

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Practice Guidelines

Organizations

American Flag Icon National Institute of Mental Health

American Psychiatric Association

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Diabetes

Publications

Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Screening and Management Guidelines (Copyright © Alaska Native Medical Center Women's Health Service)

Position Statement Gestational diabetes mellitus

Preconception care of women with disabilities

Screening for diabetes

Smoking and diabetes

Organizations

American Flag Icon National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Disease

American Diabetes Association

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Headaches

Publications

American Flag Icon Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events

Practice parameter: Evidence-based guidelines for migraine headache (an evidence-based review)

Diagnosis and management of headache.

Web sites

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Heart Disease

Publications

American Flag Icon ATP III At-A-Glance: Quick Desk Reference

American Flag Icon Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure JNC 7

American Flag Icon Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Full Report

Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: recommendations and rationale

AAC/AHA/ACP-ASIM Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina

Screening for lipid disorders in adults: recommendations and rationale

Organizations

American Flag Icon National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Publications

American Flag Icon 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

American Flag Icon A Guide to the Clinical Care with Women with HIV/AIDS, 2001 First Edition

American Flag Icon Chlamydial Infection : Screening

American Flag Icon Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents

American Flag Icon Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Counseling

American Flag Icon Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening

Prevention and Management Of Osteoporosis in Women: A Practice Committee Report

Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendations and Rationale

Organizations

American Flag Icon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Flag Icon The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)

American Flag Icon National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

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Menopause and Osteoporosis

Publications

American Flag Icon Consensus Statement Overview: Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy

American Flag Icon Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy: Immunizations and Chemoprophylaxis

American Flag Icon The Surgeon General's Osteoporosis and Bone Health Workshop Report

2001 Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for The Prevention And Management of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for Management of Menopause

Prevention and Management Of Osteoporosis in Women: A Practice Committee Report

Web sites

American Flag Icon Hormone Replacement Therapy - Latest News

Organizations

American Flag Icon Food and Drug Administration

American Flag Icon National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

American Flag Icon National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

American Flag Icon National Women's Health Information Center

American Flag Icon Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center

American Flag Icon Women's Health Initiative

National Osteoporosis Foundation

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Reproductive/Urologic Health

Publications

American Flag Icon Caring for Women with Circumcision - A Technical Manual for Health Care Providers
(Not available on-line. Call NWHIC at 1-800-994-9662 to request a copy.)

National guideline for the management of non-gonococcal urethritis

National guideline for the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis

Recommendations for the treatment of dysmenorrhea

Web sites

American Flag Icon Bethesda 2001 Workshop

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Organizations

American Flag Icon National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

American Flag Icon National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists

Sleep Disorders/Insomnia

Publications

Insomnia: Assessment and Management in Primary Care

Practice parameters for the evaluation of chronic insomnia

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Smoking/Substance Abuse

Publications

American Flag Icon HHS and NCOA Issue New Resource to Improve Health of Older Adults

American Flag Icon Substance abuse among older adults

Practice Guideline For The Treatment Of Patients With Substance Use Disorders Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids

Treating Tobacco Dependence in the US: Ad Hoc Group Findings and Recommendations

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence-A Systems Approach

Web Sites

Fetal Alcohol/Women - Web based CME Course (Copyright © University of Wisconsin Medical School)

Treating Tobacco Use & Dependence - Web based CME Course (Copyright © University of Wisconsin Medical School)

Organizations

American Flag Icon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Flag Icon Cancer Information Service

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Last Updated: February 2004


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