Guidelines for Optimum Health

Preventive and Immunization Guidelines
UPMC Health Plan wants you to get regular physical exams, preventive health screenings, and updated immunizations to protect your health, prevent diseases, and improve your quality of life. To learn what examinations, screenings, and immunizations are appropriate for you or your child, select an age group below. You can review the guidelines and print them out to help you start a conversation with your doctor.

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2008. Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Recommendation Statement Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Ann Intern Med. 2005; 142: 198-202.
• The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. JAMA 2003; 289: 2560-71.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services. Revision 6.7, October 2008.
• American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer, March 2008

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, May 2001 (Revised June 2005)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Put Prevention into Practice. Preventive Care Timeline, June 2006.
• Gastroenterology February 2003, Volume 124; Number 2.
• Consensus Conference: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Inflamm Bowel Dis 2005; 11:314-321.
• Cox JT, Lorincz AT, Schiffman MH, Sherman ME, Cullen A, Kurman RJ. Human Papilloma Testing by Hybrid Capture Appears to Be Useful in Triaging Women with a Cytologic Diagnosis of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995 Mar; 172 (3): 946-54.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule – United States, 2009. MMWR 2009; 57 (53).

• American Academy of Pediatrics. Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care Periodicity Schedule, 2007.
• American Academy of Pediatrics. Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity, Pediatrics. 2003; 112:424-430 (Reaffirmed February 2007).
• American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Substance Abuse. Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs: The Role of the Pediatrician in Prevention, Identification, and Management of Substance Abuse, Pediatrics. 2005; 115:816-821.
• American Academy of Pediatrics. Identifying Infants and Young Children with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm for Developmental Surveillance and Screening. Pediatrics 2006; 118;405-420.
• Gupta VB, Hyman SL, Johnson CP, et al, Identifying Children with Autism Early? Pediatrics 2007;119;152-153.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services. Revision 6.4. Leawood (KS): American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); August 2007.
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2008. Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
• American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer, 2008.
• Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Young Children Enrolled in Medicaid: Targeting a Group at High Risk. MMWR December 8, 2000 / 49(RR14); 1-13.
• Pennsylvania Early and Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Treatment Program Requirements (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) September 1, 2008.
• CDC. Notice to Readers: Revised Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Vaccinate All Persons Aged 11-18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine. MMWR August 10, 2007; 56(31); 794-795.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0-18 years – United States, 2009.  MMWR 2008; 57 (51 & 52).