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First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services - Appendix C
… screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy in adults, beginning … newborns to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. A HIV: Screening in Adults and Adolescents at Increased Risk The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen for HIV in all adolescents and adults at increased risk for HIV …
Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations
… Figure 1 ),  steps 2  to  4 ). For example, the effect of HIV screening on mortality has not been assessed directly in clinical trials, but there is evidence that HIV can be diagnosed accurately and that early treatment … strategies, including colonoscopy, fecal immunochemical testing, and sigmoidoscopy. The analyses helped the USPSTF …
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: An Evidence-Based Prevention Resource for Nurse Practitioners
… colorectal cancer screening with fetal occult blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or … include clinicians responding to patient expectations for testing, being unaware of the evidence against the routine …
Update on Methods: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit
…   MRA confirmation 8,696 922 a  Screening and confirmatory testing assumptions were as follows: 1) The screening test is …
Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach
… than conventional clinical activities, such as diagnostic testing." 1 Nevertheless, rates of behavioral counseling … Normand J, Vlahov D, Moses LE, eds.  Preventing HIV Transmission: The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach . …