Obituary: the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus to prevent vascular complications: updated recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

I developing these recommendations, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care drew heavily on a recent systematic review prepared for the US Preventive Services Task Force of the evidence for screening asymptomatic people for type 2 diabetes mellitus to prevent cardiovascular events. That review was enhanced by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care in 2 ways: all new literat...

Oral health needs of the elderly.

6. Lewis DW, Ismail AI. Preventive Dental Care (Chapter 36). Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Ottawa: Canada Communication Group, 1994. 7. US Preventive Services Task Force cited in Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Canadian guide to clinical preventive health care. Ottawa: Canada Communication Group, 1994: 408-431. 8. Allister J, Stewart J, Spencer ...

The high impact of an influenza pandemic.

References 1. MacMillan HL, Wathen CN. Violence against women: integrating the evidence into clinical practice [editorial]. CMAJ 2003;169(6):570-1. 2. Wathen CN, MacMillan HL, with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Prevention of violence against women. Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. CMAJ 2003;169(6):582-4. 3. Wathen CN, MacMilla...

Practice guidelines for clinical prevention: do patients, physicians and experts share common ground?

BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines, such as those of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, although based on sound evidence, may conflict with the perceived needs and expectations of patients and physicians. This may jeopardize the implementation of such guidelines. This study was undertaken to explore patients' and family physicians' acceptance of the task force's recommendat...

Screening for Depression in Primary Care: Updated Recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care