The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services provides the latest
available recommendations on preventive interventions: screening tests,
counseling, immunizations, and medication regimens for more than 80 conditions.
The Third Edition, 2000-2004, updates recommendations from the Second
Edition and evaluates new topics. Reviews and recommendations are released
when completed. These recommendations are made by the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
Screening for Syphilis Infection (7/28/04)
Recommendation Statement
Brief Update
Screening for Bladder Cancer (6/23/04)
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Screening for Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents (6/10/04)
Recommendations and Rationale
Brief Evidence Update
Screening for Ovarian Cancer (5/25/04)
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Under 5 (5/25/04)
Recommendation Statement
Update of the Evidence
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New (PDF File, 256 KB)
Screening for Suicide Risk (5/17/04)
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 70 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 933 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download, 200 KB)
Screening for Lung Cancer (5/3/04)
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 300 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download, 93 KB)
Screening for Diabetes Mellitus, Adult type 2 (5/3/04)
Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Prevention of Dental Caries in Preschool Children (4/16/04)
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 188 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 311 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download, 1.4 MB)
What's New (PDF File, 200 KB)
Screening and Behavioral Counseling for Alcohol Misuse (4/5/04)
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 418 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download, 400 KB)
What's New (PDF File, 243 KB)
Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence (3/30/04)
Review of the Evidence: Screening Children (PDF File, 385 KB)
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection (3/15/04)
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Review of the Evidence (PDF File, 380 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File
Download, 235 KB)
What's New from the USPSTF (PDF File, 197 KB)
Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence (3/1/04)
Recommendation Statement
(PDF File, 170 KB)
Review of the Evidence: Screening Women and Elderly Adults (PDF File, 160 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download, 160 KB)
Internet Citation:
New Releases in Preventive Services. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. July 2004.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevnew.htm
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Clinical Information
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