U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, January 9, 2015

American Journal of Public Health
Daly JM, Levy BT, Moss CA, Bay CP. System strategies for colorectal cancer screening at federally qualified health centers. Am J Public Health 2015 Jan; 105(1):212-19. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008).] Select to access the abstract.

BMJ Open
Sentell TL, Tsoh JY, Davis T, Davis J, Braun KL. Low health literacy and cancer screening among Chinese Americans in California: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open 2015 Jan 5; 5(1):e006104. [Uses screening criteria from USPSTF recommendation statements, Screening for Breast Cancer, 2009, Screening for Cervical Cancer, 2012, and Screening for Colorectal Cancer, 2008.]  Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Bindman A. JAMA Forum: lung cancer screening and evidence-based policy. JAMA 2015 Jan 6; 313(1):17-8. [Discusses USPSTF lung cancer screening recommendations and Affordable Care Act provisions requiring coverage of preventive services rated A or B by the USPSTF.]

Arterburn DE, Olsen MK, Smith VA, Livingston EH, Van Scoyoc L, Yancy WS Jr, Eid G, Weidenbacher H, Maciejewski ML. Association between bariatric surgery and long-term survival. JAMA 2015 Jan 6; 313(1):62-70. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for and management of overweight in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Kanny D, Brewer RD, Mesnick JB, Paulozzi LJ, Naimi TS, Lu H. Vital signs: alcohol poisoning deaths - United States, 2010-2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 Jan 9; 63(53):1238-42. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse (Ann Intern Med, 2013).]  Select to access the abstract.

Pediatrics
Turer CB, Montaño S, Lin H, Hoang K, Flores G. Pediatricians' communication about weight with overweight Latino children and their parents. Pediatrics 2014 Nov; 134(5):892-9. [Cites AHRQ evidence synthesis, Effectiveness of Primary Care Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: An Updated, Targeted Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Balk SJ, Etzel RA. Quitting tobacco: let's keep talking to parents. Pediatrics 2014 Nov; 134(5):1028-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Counseling and Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease in Adults and Pregnant Women, 2014, and AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.]

Section On Oral Health. Maintaining and improving the oral health of young children. Pediatrics 2014 Dec; 134(6):1224-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Prevention of Dental Caries in Children from Birth through Age 5 Years, 2014, and associated systematic review by Chou et al. (Pediatrics, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Urology
Perez TY, Danzig MR, Ghandour RA, Badani KK, Benson MC, McKiernan JM. Impact of the 2012 United States Preventive Services Task Force statement on prostate-specific antigen screening: analysis of urologic and primary care practices. Urology 2015 Jan; 85(1):85-9. [Uses release dates and screening criteria from USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.