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Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Your Checklist for Health


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This tool is evidence-based and designed to help men understand which medical checkup tests they need to stay healthy at any age. It addresses the following topics:

  • Screening tests for men: What you need and when 
  • Daily steps to health
  • Should you take medicines to prevent disease?

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.htm
The PDF version of this tool is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Funding Sources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and Wellness


Links to National Guideline Clearinghouse or National Quality Measures Clearinghouse:

This tool is derived from the following guideline in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=12577&nbr=006485&strin g=6485

History

  • Release Date: 06/2003
  • Review Date: 02/2007
  • Recent Summary: 04/2007
  • Original Summary: 08/2003
Disclaimer: The inclusion of a tool in the Innovations Exchange does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or Westat of the tool or of the submitter or developer of the tool. Read more.
QualityTool Classification
Patient Population: spacer Gender > Male
Stage of Care: spacer Preventive care
Setting of Care: spacer Home > Patient self-management
Patient Care Process: spacer Preventive Care Processes > Screening; Primary prevention; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Improving patient self-management; Patient education
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format: spacer Fact sheet
QualityTool Topic: spacer Prevention and Wellness
Developer: spacer Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Funding Sources: spacer Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 

Last updated: August 08, 2008.

 

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