U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles September 4, 2015

Brown RT, Miao Y, Mitchell SL, et al. Health outcomes of obtaining housing among older homeless adults. Am J Public Health  2015 Jul;105(7):1482-8. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review by Chou, Dana, and Bougatsos (Ann Intern Med, 2009) on screening older adults for impaired visual acuity.] Select to access the abstract.

McCarthy AM, Yang J, Armstrong K. Increasing disparities in breast cancer mortality from 1979 to 2010 for US black women aged 20 to 49 years. Am J Public Health  2015 Jul;105 Suppl 3:S446-8. [Cites article by Block et al. (J Gen Intern Med, 2013) which uses USPSTF age-related criteria for breast cancer screening as variables.] Select to access the abstract.

Terpenning S, Lin CT, White CS. Lung cancer screening: pros and cons. Appl Radiol  2015 Jul;44(7):24-28. [Cites AHRQ evidence synthesis, Screening for Lung Cancer: Systematic Review to Update the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation, 2013, and associated systematic review summary by Humphrey et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography.]

Stilwell DL. Health literacy and numeracy: the overlooked challenge for elders who want to guide their own healthcare. Generations  2015 Spring; 39(1):88-91. [Cites Final Recommendation Statement: Lung Cancer: Screening, 2014, as published on the USPSTF Web site.]

Park ER, Gareen IF, Japuntich S, et al. Primary care provider-delivered smoking cessation interventions and smoking cessation among participants in the National Lung Screening Trial. JAMA Intern Med  2015 Sep;175(9):1509-16. [Uses USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2013) in conjunction with "5As" recommendations from AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Bandejiya N, Krishnaraj R. Obesity management among college students in Chennai City. Int J Pharm Sci Rev Res  2015 May-Jun;31(2):171-74. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on screening and behavioral counseling for obesity in adults.]

Liu G, Perkins A, Duffy L. Improving our approach to preventive care. J Fam Pract  2015 Jun;64(6):343-8. [Cites USPSTF recommendations in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 1996; includes AHRQ’s Electronic Preventive Services Selector as an example of a decision support tool for use with the Chronic Care Model; cites AHRQ publications, Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation: Final Contract Report, 2007, Early Evidence on the Patient-Centered Medical Home, 2010, and Linkages between Clinical Practices and Community Organizations for Prevention, 2010; cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessments, Enabling Health Care Decisionmaking through Clinical Decision Support and Knowledge Management, 2012, and The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Closing the Quality Chasm: Revisiting the State of the Science, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Obana M, O'Lawrence H. Prostate cancer screening: PSA test awareness among adult males. J Health Hum Serv Adm  2015 Summer;38(1):17-43. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Mkanta WN, Ndjakani Y, Bandiera FC, et al. Prostate cancer screening and mortality in blacks and whites: a hospital-based case-control study. J Natl Med Assoc  2015 Jun;107(2):32-38. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer, citing articles by Wilt (Rev Urol, 2003) and Brett and Ablin (N Engl J Med, 2012).]

Canup R, Bogenberger K, Attipoe S, et al. Trends in androgen prescriptions from military treatment facilities: 2007 to 2011. Mil Med  2015 Jul;180(7):728-31. [Mentions the USPSTF’s efforts to reduce unnecessary testing and treatment.] Select to access the abstract.

Krieger JA, Arnold RM, Attipoe S, et al. Trends in B-vitamin prescriptions from military treatment facilities: 2007 to 2011. Mil Med  2015 Jul;180(7):732-6. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Fortmann et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on vitamin and mineral supplements in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.] Select to access the abstract.

Workowski KA, Bolan GA. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015. MMWR Recomm Rep  2015 Jun 5; 64(Rr-03):1-137. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for HIV: Final Recommendation Statement, 2013, and summary recommendations and associated systematic review (Ann Intern Med, 2013 and 2012, respectively; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for syphilis infection in pregnancy and hepatitis  B virus infection in pregnancy (both in Ann Intern Med, 2009), and USPSTF recommendations on screening for chlamydial infection (2007), bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy to prevent preterm delivery (2008), cervical cancer (2012), hepatitis C virus infection in adults (2013), and chlamydia and gonorrhea (2014) (all in Ann Intern Med).] Select to access the abstract.

McCunney RJ, Morfeld P, Colby WD, et al. Wind turbines and health: an examination of a proposed case definition. Noise Health  2015 Jul-Aug;17(77):175-81. [Gives USPSTF definitions of sensitivity and specificity as published on the USPSTF Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Miller JR, Reed DD, Critchfield TS. Modeling the effects of melanoma education on visual detection: a gradient shift analysis. Psychol Rec  2015 Jun; 65(2):323-35. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement Screening for Skin Cancer, 2009, as published on the USPSTF Web site.]

Butt ZI, Akhtar T, Rashid K, et al. Role of vitamin D3 supplement as an ergogenic aid for bone and muscle health of powerlifters from Punjab, Pakistan. Sci Int  2015 May-Jun;27(3):2189-93. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Fortmann et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on vitamin and mineral supplements in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.]