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Getting the best health care means making smart decisions about preventive services. Preventive services, such as screening tests, counseling services, and preventive medicines, are tests or treatments that your doctor or others provide to prevent illnesses before they cause you symptoms or problems. To help doctors and patients decide together whether a preventive service is right for a person’s needs, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force develops recommendations based on a review of high-quality scientific evidence, and publishes its recommendations on its Web site and/or in a peer-reviewed journal.

The goal of these recommendations is not only to offer guidance to doctors, nurses and other primary care professionals, but to provide patients and their families with the most accurate and up-to-date information on ways to prevent illness and improve health and well-being.

On this page you will find easy-to-understand information on the Task Force and on health topics for which the Task Force has released a recommendation. These materials include guides, fact sheets, slideshows, and videos available for view and download. You can sort the table by document title, type of material, or recommendation title, or simply browse using the search function. These materials are designed to inform people about Task Force recommendations and are not intended to replace advice from a health professional.

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Title Source Type Relevant Recommendation(s)
Asesoramiento psicológico para prevenir la depresión perinatal JAMA Guide Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions
JAMA Patient Page: Counseling Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression JAMA Guide Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions
Detección de enfermedad arterial periférica con índice de tobillo-brazo JAMA Guide Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Screening and Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease With the Ankle-Brachial Index JAMA Guide Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Screening and Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index
Detección de la diabetes tipo 2 en niños y adolescentes JAMA Guide Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: Screening
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents JAMA Guide Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: Screening
JAMA Podcast: Screening for Prediabetes and Diabetes in Children and Adolescents JAMA Guide Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: Screening
Detección de la prediabetes y la diabetes tipo 2 JAMA Guide Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening
Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tool Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes JAMA Guide Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening
JAMA Podcast: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes JAMA Tool Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening
Prevent Type 2 Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tool Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening
Detección de la preeclampsia durante el embarazo JAMA Guide Preeclampsia: Screening
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Preeclampsia During Pregnancy JAMA Guide Preeclampsia: Screening
Data Visualization: Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Infection AHRQ Tool Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis
JAMA Podcast: Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Acquisition of HIV JAMA Guide Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis
JAMA Patient Page: Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment JAMA Guide Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions
JAMA Podcast: Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment JAMA Guide Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions
Examen de detección e intervenciones para prevenir la caries dental en niños pequeños JAMA Guide Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions
JAMA Patient Page: Screening and Interventions to Prevent Dental Caries in Young Children JAMA Guide Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions
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