Preventive Screening Tests and Immunizations
Recommended Screenings, Tests, and Immunizations for Women with High-Risk Factors (Part 2 of 4)
This chart lists screenings, tests, or exams you might need more often or earlier because of having high-risk factors or things in your life that increase your chances of developing a condition or disease.
if it applies |
Are You? |
Then ask your doctor or nurse if you need the following screenings, tests, exams, or vaccines more often or at a younger age: |
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African American |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, vision exam, colonoscopy, genetic counseling for sickle cell anemia26-32 |
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Latina |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, colonoscopy33-36 |
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Alaska Native or Pacific Islander |
Blood glucose test, pneumococcal vaccine37-39 |
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American Indian |
Blood glucose test, pneumococcal vaccine40-42 |
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Ashkenazi Jewish descent |
Genetic counseling for Tay-Sachs disease, if you want to become pregnant43 |
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Ashkenazi Jewish with family history of breast or ovarian cancer |
Genetic counseling for possible BRCA1/2 mutation44-45 |
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Asian American |
Blood glucose test46 |
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Age 65 or older |
Bone mineral density test, flu vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine47-49 |
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Between the ages of 60 and 64, weigh less than 154 lbs., and not taking estrogen |
Bone mineral density test50 |
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College age |
MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, meningococcal vaccine51-53 |
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Postmenopausal |
Bone mineral density test54 |
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Pregnant |
Blood pressure test, blood glucose test, urine test, HIV test, STD tests, MMR vaccine, hepatitis B antigen test51-53 |
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A non-pregnant woman of childbearing age |
MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine60 |
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A smoker |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, bone mineral density test, oral exam, vision exam61 |
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Overweight |
Blood pressure test, blood glucose test, weight62 |
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Living in prison |
Tuberculosis (TB) test; HIV test; STD tests; Hepatitis A, B vaccines63-65 |
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Living in long-term care |
TB test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine66-68 |
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A health care worker |
TB test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine, HIV test, hepatitis test , hepatitis B vaccine if exposed to blood 69-71 |
Current as of February 2007
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