Health maintenance for adults

Last reviewed: 5 Oct 2024
Last updated: 31 May 2024

Summary

Details

  • Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
  • Screening for CVD risk factors
  • Assessing 10-year CVD risk
  • Strategies for CVD risk reduction
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
  • Effectiveness of mental health and substance use disorder screening
  • Screening for depression and suicide risk
  • Screening for anxiety
  • Screening for intimate partner violence
  • Screening for unhealthy alcohol use
  • Screening for unhealthy drug use
  • Effectiveness of cancer screening and prevention
  • Recommendations for cancer screening and counseling
  • Breast cancer risk assessment, risk reduction and screening
  • Cervical cancer screening
  • Colorectal cancer screening
  • Prostate cancer screening
  • Lung cancer screening
  • Osteoporosis screening
  • Immunization
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Contributors

Authors

Adeola O. Fakolade, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Family Physician and Medical Director

Ashtabula County Medical Center,

Ashtabula City Health Department

Ashtabula

United States.

Disclosures

AOF declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Adeola O. Fakolade would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Jeffrey G. House, Dr Linda Edwards, Dr Craig T. Tenner, Dr Kelly Crotty, and Professor Michael Pignone, the previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

JGH, LE, CTT and KC, declare they have no competing interests. MP is a co-author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco

CA

Disclosures

MP is a co-author of 2 references cited in this topic. MP has collaborated with Professor Michael Pignone on other research projects related to cardiovascular disease screening and treatment.

Willie Hamilton, BSc, MB, ChB, MD, FRCP, FRCGP

Consultant Senior Lecturer

Department of Community Based Medicine

University of Bristol

Bristol

UK

Disclosures

WH has received research funding from several bodies for studies.

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