Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006

Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical considerations for each topic. This new pocket guide provides general practitioners, internists, family practitioners, pediatricians, nurses, and nurse practitioners with an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services.

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Contents

Foreword
Preface
Section 1. Preventive Services Recommended by the USPSTF
Section 2. Recommendations for Adults
   Cancer
     Bladder Cancer in Adults, Screening
     Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility, Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing
     Breast Cancer, Chemoprevention
     Breast Cancer, Screening
     Cervical Cancer, Screening
     Colorectal Cancer, Screening
     Lung Cancer Screening
     Oral Cancer, Screening
     Ovarian Cancer, Screening
     Pancreatic Cancer, Screening
     Prostate Cancer, Screening
     Skin Cancer, Counseling to Prevent
     Skin Cancer, Screening
     Testicular Cancer, Screening
     Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Routine
   Heart and Vascular Diseases
     Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Screening
     Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events
     Coronary Heart Disease, Screening
     High Blood Pressure, Screening
     Lipid Disorders in Adults, Screening
     Peripheral Arterial Disease, Screening
   Infectious Diseases
     Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Screening
     Chlamydial Infection, Screening
     Genital Herpes, Screening
     Gonorrhea, Screening
     Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Screening
     Hepatitis C in Adults, Screening
     HIV, Screening
     Syphilis Infection, Screening
   Injury and Violence
     Family and Intimate Partner Violence, Screening
   Mental Health Conditions and Substance Abuse
     Alcohol Misuse, Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce
     Dementia, Screening
     Depression, Screening
     Suicide Risk, Screening
     Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, Counseling to Prevent
   Metabolic, Nutritional, and Endocrine Conditions
     Diet, Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy
     Hormone Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women
     Obesity in Adults, Screening
     Physical Activity, Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote
     Thyroid Disease, Screening
     Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults, Screening
   Musculoskeletal Conditions
     Low Back Pain in Adults, Primary Care Interventions to Prevent
     Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women, Screening
   Obstetric and Gynecologic Conditions
     Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy, Screening
     Breastfeeding, Behavioral Interventions to Promote
     Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening
     Rh (D) Incompatibility, Screening
   Vision Disorders
     Glaucoma, Screening
Section 3. Recommendations for Children
   Dental Caries in Preschool Children, Prevention
   Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents, Screening
   Newborn Hearing Screening
   Overweight in Children and Adolescents, Screening and Interventions
   Visual Impairment in Children Younger Than Age 5 Years, Screening
Appendixes
   Appendix A. How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grades Its Recommendations
   Appendix B. Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2001-2004
   Appendix C. Acknowledgments
   Appendix D. ACIP Recommended Immunization Schedules

The recommendation statements in this Guide are abridged. To view the full recommendation statements or recommendation statements published after 2005, go to http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspstopics.htm.

The U.S Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) Electronic Preventive Services Selector for PDAs, and its companion Web-based tool, is updated frequently with new USPSTF recommendations. Users can search recommendations by patient age, sex, and pregnancy status. To download, go to http://www.epss.ahrq.gov.

Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. Government. They should not be construed as an official position of AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

AHRQ Publication No. 06-0588
Current as of June 2006

Internet Citation:

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. AHRQ Publication No. 06-0588, June 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd06/