Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force

Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted today a final research plan  on screening for intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and abuse of  vulnerable adults. The draft research plan for this topic was posted for  public comment from May 26, 2016 to June 22, 2016. The Task Force  reviewed all of the comments that were submitted and took them into  consideration as it finalized the research plan. To view the final research  plan, please go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening1. Final Research Plan Final Research Plan for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse,  and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should  not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic review of the evidence by researchers at an  Evidence-based Practice Center. The resulting Evidence Review will form the basis of the USPSTF  Recommendation Statement on this topic. The draft Research Plan was available for comment from May 26 until June 22, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., ET.