U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, October 31, 2014

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Royall D, Brauer P, Bjorklund L, O'Young O, Tremblay A, Jeejeebhoy K, Heyland D, Dhaliwal R, Klein D, Mutch DM,. Development of a dietary management care map for metabolic syndrome. Can J Diet Pract Res 2014 Fall; 75(3):132-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on behavioral counseling to promote a healthful diet and physical activity (Ann Intern Med, 2012).]

Environmental Health Perspectives
Koustas E, Lam J, Sutton P, Johnson PI, Atchley DS, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide - evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: systematic review of nonhuman evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Oct; 122(10):1015-27. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored article by Sawaya et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2007) on USPSTF methodologies.] Select to access the abstract.

Bakulski KM, Park SK, Weisskopf MG, Tucker KL, Sparrow D, Spiro A 3rd, Vokonas PS, Nie LH, Hu H, Weuve J. Lead exposure, B vitamins, and plasma homocysteine in men 55 years of age and older: the VA normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Oct; 122(10):1066-74. [Cites AHRQ evidence synthesis, Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplements for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Community Health
Pagels P, Kindratt TB, Reyna G, Lam K, Silver M, Gimpel NE. Establishing the need for family medicine training in intimate partner violence screening. J Community Health 2014 Oct 29; epub ahead of print. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women's Health
Robbins CL, Dietz PM, Cox S, Kuklina EV. Cholesterol screening for women: who is "at-risk"?  J Womens Health 2013 May; 22(5):404-11. [Uses USPSTF criteria for cardiovascular disease risk from USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Lipid Disorders in Adults, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.