Which of the following are "Grade: A recommendation" from the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force? Select all that apply

Question

a. Screen persons at increased risk for syphilis infection.
b. Screen for cervical cancer in women who have been sexually active and have a cervix.
c. Screen all sexually active women, including those who are pregnant, for gonorrhea infection if they are at increased risk for infection.
d. Provide high-intensity behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk for STIs.
e. Screen for chlamydial infection for all sexually active, non-pregnant young women, aged 24 and younger, and for older non-pregnant women who are at increased risk.
f. Refer women whose family history is associated with an increased risk for deleterious mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for genetic counseling and evaluation for BRCA testing.

Answer 1

A, B, E
Grade: A recommends that clinicians screen persons at increased risk for syphilis infection, screen for cervical cancer in women who have been sexually active and have a cervix, and screen for chlamydial infection for all sexually active, non-pregnant young women, aged 24 and younger, and for older non-pregnant women who are at increased risk.

Grade: B recommends that clinicians screen all sexually active women, including those who are pregnant, for gonorrhea infection if they are at increased risk for infection, provide high-intensity behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk for STIs, and refer women whose family history is associated with an increased risk for deleterious mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for genetic counseling and evaluation for BRCA testing.