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20 National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Endometrial Cancer (PDQ ®): Prevention. Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/endometrial/patient. Accessed November 7, 2006.

21 National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ ®). Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/breast-and-ovarian/healthprofessional. Accessed November 7, 2006.

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36 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/adguide/checkups.htm. Accessed November 9, 2006.

37 The Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders Profile. Available at: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&1v1ID=34. Accessed November 9, 2006.

38 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/adguide/checkups.htm. Accessed November 9, 2006.

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41 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/adguide/checkups.htm. Accessed November 9, 2006.

42 National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). July 29, 1997.

43 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Tay-Sachs Disease Information Page. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/taysachs/taysachs.htm?css=print. Accessed November 15, 2006.

44 National Office of Public Health Genomics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/training/perspectives/factshts/breastcancer.htm. Accessed November 15, 2006.

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47 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Recommendations and Rationale. September 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/osteoporosis/osteorr.htm.

48 National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inactivated Influenza Vaccine 2006—2007: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). June 30, 2006.

49 National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). July 29, 1997.

50 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Recommendations and Rationale. September 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/osteoporosis/osteorr.htm.

51 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Varicella: updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1999;48(No. RR-6):2.

52 National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meningococcal Vaccines: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). October 7, 2005.

53 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella – Vaccine Use and Strategies for Elimination of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1998;47(No. RR-8):8. National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, October 2006—September 2007. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/Nip/recs/adult-schedule.pdf. Accessed November 12, 2006.

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55 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, DHHS. (2000). Am I at Risk for Gestational Diabetes? (00-4818). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

56 March of Dimes. Prenatal Care. Available at: http://www.marchofdimes.com/printableArticles/159_513.asp. Accessed November 9, 2006.

57 National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis B Frequently Asked Questions. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/faqb.htm. Accessed November 9, 2006.

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59 National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). July 29, 1997.

60 National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, October 2006—September 2007. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/Nip/recs/adult-schedule.pdf. Accessed November 12, 2006.

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62 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. September 1998. NIH Publication No. 98-4083.

63 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC. MMWR 2006:55(RR-9).

64 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis B Vaccination of Inmates in Correctional Facilities – Texas, 2000—2002. MMWR 2004:53(30);681-683.

65 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and Control of Infections with Hepatitis Viruses in Correctional Settings. MMWR 2003;52(No. RR-1):1-33.

66 National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inactivated Influenza Vaccine 2006—2007: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). June 30, 2006.

67 Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and Control in Facilities Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly; Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis. MMWR 1990:39(RR-10);7-20.

68 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease. MMWR 1997:46(RR-8).

69 National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inactivated Influenza Vaccine 2006—2007: What you Need to Know (Vaccine Information Statement). June 30, 2006.

70 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis. MMWR 2001:50(RR-11).

71 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Immunization of Health-Care Workers. MMWR 1997:46(RR-18).

72 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Screening for Hypertension. In: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006. AHRQ Publication No. 06-0588, 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/2ndcps/hyperten.pdf. Accessed November 17, 2006.

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114 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella —Vaccine Use and Strategies for Elimination of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 1998;47(No. RR-8):1-67. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4708.pdf. Accessed November 20, 2006.

115 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for preventing health-care--associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 2004;53(RR-3):1-36. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5303a1.htm. Accessed November 14, 2006.

116 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Questions and Answers About Autoimmunity. 2002. Available at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/autoimmune/autoimmunity.pdf. Accessed November 20, 2006.

117 Lee C, Ramsey-Goldman R. Bone health and systemic lupus erythematosus. Current Rheumatology Reports. 2005;7(6):482-9.

118 Asia Pacific COPD Roundtable Group. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Asia-Pacific perspective. Respirology. 2005;10(1):9-17.

119 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. How is COPD Treated? 2006. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Copd/Copd_Treatments.html. Accessed November 30, 2006.

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122 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR [serial online]. 2006; 55(RR07):1-23. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5507a1.htm. Accessed November 14, 2006.

123 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule---United States, October 2006--September 2007. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55:Q1--Q4. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5540-Immunizationa1.htm. Accessed November 14, 2006.

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131 National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Genetics of Colorectal Cancer (PDQ ®). Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/colorectal/healthprofessional. Accessed November 7, 2006.

132 Shevell M, Ashwal S, Donley D, et al. Practice parameter: evaluation of the child with global developmental delay: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology [serial online]. 2003;60(3):367-80. Available at: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/reprint/60/3/367. Accessed November 14, 2006.

133 American Optometric Association. Care of the patient with low vision. St. Louis (MO): American Optometric Association; 1997. 72 p. (Optometric clinical practice guideline; no. 14). Available at: http://www.aoa.org/documents/CPG-14.pdf. Accessed November 15, 2006.

134 American Optometric Association (AOA). Comprehensive adult eye and vision examination. St. Louis (MO): American Optometric Association (AOA); 2005. Available at: http://www.aoa.org/documents/CPG-1.pdf. Accessed November 15, 2006.

135 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Vision Disorders. In: The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: 2006 Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. 2006:167-169. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd.pdf. Accessed November 15, 2006.

136 Work Loss Data Institute. Eye. Corpus Christi (TX): Work Loss Data Institute; 2005. Summary available at: http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=8388.... Accessed November 15, 2006.

137 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 20. Occupational Safety and Health. In: Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000. Available at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/tableofcontents.htm#partb. Accessed November 15, 2006.

138 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 28. Vision and Hearing. In: Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000. Available at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/tableofcontents.htm#partb. Accessed November 15, 2006.

139 AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. Oral Health Care for People With HIV Infection. New York (NY): New York State Department of Health; 2001. Available at: http://www.hivguidelines.org/Content.aspx?pageID=263. Accessed November 15, 2006.

141 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 15, 2006.

143 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 15, 2006.

144 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 15, 2006.

145 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for HIV: recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine [serial online]. 2005;143(1):32-7. Available at: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/143/1/32. Accessed November 15, 2006.

146 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 15, 2006.

147 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for HIV: recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine [serial online]. 2005;143(1):32-7. Available at: http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/143/1/32.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2006.

148 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Cervical Cancer. 2003. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspscerv.htm. Accessed November 16, 2006.

149 Brigham and Women's Hospital. Cervical cancer: screening recommendations, with algorithms for managing women with abnormal Pap test results. Boston (MA): Brigham and Women's Hospital; 2004. Summary available at: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=7011&stat=1&string=. Accessed November 16, 2006.

150 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Provisional Recommendations for the Use of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine. 2006. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/provisional_recs/hpv.pdf. Accessed November 20, 2006.

151 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR [serial online]. 1997;46(RR-08):1-24. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4608.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2006.

152 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR [serial online]. 2005;54(RR12):1-81. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5412.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2006.

153 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services. Revision 6.0. Leawood (KS): American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); 2005. Summary available at: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=8185.... Accessed November 16, 2006.

154 Work Group on Substance Use Disorders. Treatment of patients with substance use disorders, second edition. American Psychiatic Association. American Journal of Psychiatry [serial online]. 2006;163(8 Suppl):5-82. Summary available at: http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=9316.... Accessed November 16, 2006.

155 Co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions. In: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 45. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 06-4131. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006. Available at: http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/prevline/pdfs/DTXTIP45(3-30-06).PDF. Accessed November 16, 2006.

156 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 2006;55(RR07):1-23.

157 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 16, 2006.

158 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revised Guidelines for HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral. MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 2001;50(RR19):1-58. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5019.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2006.

159 Work Group on Substance Use Disorders. Treatment of patients with substance use disorders, second edition. American Psychiatic Association. American Journal of Psychiatry [serial online]. 2006;163(8 Suppl):5-82. Summary available at: http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=9316.... Accessed November 16, 2006.

160 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Workowski KA, Berman SM. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(RR-11):1-94. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm. Accessed November 16, 2006.

161 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revised Guidelines for HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral. MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 2001;50(RR19):1-58. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5019.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2006.

162 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendations and rationale. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2001 Apr;20(3 Suppl):90-4. (Copy or abstract not available online)

163 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Adults --- United States, 2004. MMWR [serial online]. 2006;55(18):509-511. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5518.pdf. Accessed November 17, 2006.

164 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACIP Provisional Recommendations for the Use of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine. 2006. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/provisional_recs/hpv.pdf. Accessed November 17, 2006.

165 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC. MMWR Recommendations and Reports [serial online]. 2005;54(RR15):1-37. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5415.pdf. Accessed November 17, 2006.

166 Centers for Disease Control. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis: recommendations for vaccine use and other preventive measures: recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP). MMWR [serial online].1991:40(No. RR-10):1-28. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00041645.htm. Accessed November 17, 2006.

167 Gaynes BN, Gavin N, Meltzer-Brody S, et al. Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 119. AHRQ Publication No. 05-E006-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2005. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/peridepr/peridep.pdf. Accessed November 17, 2006.

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