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Practice guidelines for preventive care: the Canadian experience. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination.

The work of the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination is described in the historical context of its creation and of its evolution. The initial mandate of the task force is presented and the methodology it created to examine scientific information and formulate practice recommendations is reviewed. The complexity of the implementation of practice guidelines in preventive care is...

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Overview The topic, children of alcoholics (COA), has not been previously addressed by the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. However, related topics, such as fetal alcohol syndrome and problem drinking, have been covered elsewhere in this book. The focus of this report is children aged 0 to 18 years, who live with an alcoholic, or alcohol-abusing parent. Clinical and resea...

Wisconsin Medical Society Obesity Task Force summary.

The Wisconsin Medial Society recognizes the tremendous burden obesity places on patients, their families, and our health care system, and that physicians play an essential role in the prevention and management of this problem. Therefore, the Society’s Board of Directors created the Obesity Task Force in April, 2004. The Task Force conducted nine monthly, hour-long teleconferences between July, ...

Obituary: the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Effective Dissemination and Implementation of Canadian Task Force Guidelines on Preventive Health Care: Literature Review and Model Development