Skip to main content    

Subscribe

#### Recommendations

Search and Filter All Recommendations

Standards for Guideline Development

Grade Definitions

USPSTF A&B Recommendations

USPSTF Recommendations App - Prevention TaskForce

#### Public Comments and Nominations

Opportunity for Public Comment

Nominate a New USPSTF Member

Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic

#### News

News Bulletins

Subscribe for Email Updates

#### About the USPSTF

Task Force at a Glance

Our Members

Methods & Processes

Task Force Resources

Our Partners

Contact Us

Connect with us

## Main navigation

-  Home 
-  Recommendations    -  Published Recommendations 
  -  Recommendations in Progress 
  -  Information for Consumers 
  -  Information for Professionals 
  -  Copyright Notice 
-  Public Comments & Nominations    -  Opportunity for Public Comment 
  -  Nominate a New USPSTF Member 
  -  Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic 
-  News 
-  About the USPSTF    -  40th Anniversary Timeline 
  -  Task Force at a Glance 
  -  Our Members 
  -  Methods and Processes  
  -  Our Partners 
  -  Reports to Congress 
  -  Task Force Resources 
  -  Conflict of Interest Disclosures 
  -  Contact Us 

## Main navigation

-  Home 
-  Recommendations    -  Published Recommendations 
  -  Recommendations in Progress 
  -  Information for Consumers 
  -  Information for Professionals 
  -  Copyright Notice 
-  Public Comments & Nominations    -  Opportunity for Public Comment 
  -  Nominate a New USPSTF Member 
  -  Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic 
-  News 
-  About the USPSTF    -  40th Anniversary Timeline 
  -  Task Force at a Glance 
  -  Our Members 
  -  Methods and Processes  
  -  Our Partners 
  -  Reports to Congress 
  -  Task Force Resources 
  -  Conflict of Interest Disclosures 
  -  Contact Us 

# Recommendation Topics

                -  Home 
                -                                   Recommendation Topics                              
                -                                   Recommendation Topics                              

Share to FacebookShare to XShare to WhatsAppShare to EmailPrint

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. These reviews are published as U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on the Task Force Web site and in a peer-reviewed journal.

## Latest Final Recommendations

Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation

High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions

Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions

### Search and Filter All Recommendation Topics

and/or

Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2023 Final Recommendations

## Consumer Products and Information

### Let's Talk About It: Discussion Guides

For certain topics, the Task Force develops companion discussion guides to facilitate meaningful discussions between healthcare professionals and patients about Task Force recommendations. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to use these guides as conversation starters with their patients when making decisions about preventive services.

### See All A and B Grade Recommendations

A and B grade recommendations are services that the Task Force most highly recommends implementing for preventive care and that are also relevant for implementing the Affordable Care Act. These preventive services have a high or moderate net benefit for patients.

### Test Your KnowledgeThis link goes offsite. Click to read the external link disclaimer

The American Academy of Family Physicians provides educational quizzes for each of the Task Force’s recommendations. Test your knowledge through these Putting Prevention Into Practice (PPIP) quizzes.

### Looking for a Tool Your Patients Can Use?This link goes offsite. Click to read the external link disclaimer

My Health Finder helps patients find personalized recommendations on clinical preventive services based on answering three basic questions.

### Get Our AppThis link goes offsite. Click to read the external link disclaimer

All the USPSTF recommendations listed above are also available on your tablet and phone through the Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) application. Prevention TaskForce is designed to help primary care clinicians identify the right clinical preventive services for their patients.

#### Recommendations

Search and Filter All Recommendations

Standards for Guideline Development

Grade Definitions

USPSTF A&B Recommendations

USPSTF Recommendations App - Prevention TaskForce

#### Public Comments and Nominations

Opportunity for Public Comment

Nominate a New USPSTF Member

Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic

#### News

News Bulletins

Subscribe for Email Updates

#### About the USPSTF

Task Force at a Glance

Our Members

Methods & Processes

Task Force Resources

Our Partners

Contact Us

Connect with us

AdminLoginCopyright NoticeSocial Media PolicyUSPSTF Program Office - 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 06E53A, Rockville, MD 20857