Since its inception, the USPSTF has made and maintained recommendations on dozens of clinical preventive services that are intended to prevent or reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases, and other conditions and events that impact the health of children, adolescents, adults, and pregnant women. The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2014 includes both new and updated recommendations released from 2004–2014 in a brief, easily usable format meant for use at the point of patient care. The most up-to-date version of the recommendations, as well as the complete USPSTF recommendation statements, are available along with their supporting scientific evidence at www.USPreventiveServicesTaskForce.org.

Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Preventive Services Recommended by the USPSTF
• Clinical Summaries of Recommendations for Adults
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Alcohol Misuse
  • Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Aspirin or NSAIDs for Prevention Of Colorectal Cancer
  • Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy
  • Bacteriuria
  • Bladder Cancer
  • BRCA-Related Cancer in Women
  • Breast Cancer (Preventive Medications)
  • Breast Cancer (Screening)
  • Breastfeeding
  • Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Chlamydial Infection
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Coronary Heart Disease (Risk Assessment, Nontraditional Risk Factors)
  • Coronary Heart Disease (Electrocardiography)
  • Depression in Adults
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Falls in Older Adults
  • Folic Acid Supplementation
  • Genital Herpes
  • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
  • Glaucoma
  • Gonorrhea
  • Healthful Diet and Physical Activity
  • Hearing Loss in Older Adults
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Hepatitis B Virus Infection (Pregnant Women)
  • Hepatitis C Virus Infection
  • High Blood Pressure in Adults
  • HIV Infection
  • Illicit Drug Use
  • Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse
  • Lipid Disorders in Adults
  • Lung Cancer
  • Menopausal Hormone Therapy
  • Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints
  • Obesity in Adults
  • Oral Cancer
  • Osteoporosis
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Skin Cancer (Counseling)
  • Skin Cancer (Screening)
  • Suicide Risk
  • Syphilis (Pregnant Women)
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Tobacco Use in Adults
  • Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures
  • Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
• Clinical Summaries of Recommendations for Children and Adolescents
  • Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism
  • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
  • Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
  • Hearing Loss (Newborns)
  • High Blood Pressure (Children)
  • Hyperbilirubinemia in Infants
  • Illicit and Prescription Drug Use in Children and Adolescents
  • Iron Deficiency Anemia (Screening)
  • Iron Deficiency Anemia (Supplementation)
  • Lipid Disorders in Children
  • Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
  • Obesity in Children and Adolescents
  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Speech and Language Delay
  • Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents
  • Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1 to 5
• Immunizations for Adults and Children
• Topics in Progress
• Appendix A How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grades Its Recommendations
• Appendix B Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2004-2014
• Appendix C Acknowledgements
• Appendix D About the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Appendix E More Resources
• Appendix F Breast Cancer (2002 Recommendation)

The clinical summaries in the Guide are abridged versions of recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). To view the full recommendation statements, supporting evidence, or recommendations published after March 2014, go to www​.USPreventiveServicesTaskForce.org.

The USPSTF Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) allows users to download the USPSTF recommendations to PDA, mobile, or tablet devices; receive notifications of updates; and search and browse recommendations online. Users can search the ePSS for recommendations by patient age, sex, and pregnancy status. To download, subscribe, or search, go to 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.