Adult Preventive Health

Ages 20 to 49 Years

Health maintenance visit: Every 1-2 years

Ages 50+ Years

Health maintenance visit: Annually

Women Ages 20+ Years

Women’s wellness visits: Annually

• Abnormal glucose and Diabetes Type 2: Age 40-70 years

• Alcohol use

• Aspirin therapy - Low dose: Ages 50-59 years if at risk for cardiovascular disease or colorectal cancer

• Blood pressure: At each visit

  • High blood pressure screening

• Cholesterol: Ages 40 to 75 years as recommended by your doctor

• Colorectal cancer:  Beginning at age 45 years through age 75 years (Note: Procedures to treat any abnormal findings require a co-payment, even if performed at the same time as the screening)

• Depression

• Height & weight: At each visit

• Hepatitis B: If at risk

• Hepatitis C: Adults born between 1945 and 1965

• HIV: Adolescents and Adults aged 15-65+ if at risk

• Obesity and body mass index (BMI)

• Syphilis: If sexually active

• Tobacco and substance use

• Tuberculosis (TB) skin test: If at risk or as recommended by your doctor

• Breast cancer: At Age 40+ years - annual mammogram* or as recommended by your doctor

• Breast cancer medications: If at increased risk for breast cancer

• Cervical Cancer Screening:

  • Beginning at age 21 to 29 years: Every 3 years

  • Age 30 to 65 years: Every 5 years

• Chlamydia:

  • Age 24 years and younger if sexually active

  • Woman 24+ years if at increased risk

• Folic Acid: Women planning or capable of pregnancy

• Genetic Risk Assessment: If at increased risk for breast or ovarian cancer

• Gonorrhea:

  • Age 24 years and younger who are sexually active

  • Women 24+ if at increased risk

• Intimate partner violence: Childbearing age group

• Mammograms*: See Breast cancer

• Osteoporosis: At age 65+ years and women under 65 who are at risk for fractures

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm: At age 65+ years who have ever smoked

• Alcohol and substance use

• Alpha fetoprotein: Age 35+ years or if at increased risk

• Anemia

• Alcohol use

• Alpha fetoprotein

• Anemia

• Aspirin - Low Dose: If at high risk for pre-eclampsia after 12 weeks of gestation

• Asymptomatic bacteriuria:

  • At 12 to 16 weeks gestation, or

  • At first prenatal visit, if later

• Cervical cancer: See above

• Depression

• Gestational diabetes

• Group B streptococcus - 36-37 weeks of gestation

• Hepatitis B - At first prenatal visit

• HIV

• Prenatal exams:

  • Weeks 4 through 28: Monthly

  • Weeks 28 through 36: Twice a month

  • Weeks 36 to birth: Weekly

• Postpartum exam: At 3 weeks after delivery, and no later than 12 weeks after giving birth 

• RH (D) Incompatibility

• Rubella

• Syphilis

• Tuberculosis

• Tobacco use

• Aspirin Therapy:

  • Men beginning at age 45

  • Women beginning at age 55

• Alcohol and Substance Use

• Healthy Weight

• Healthy Diet

• Immunizations

• Injury and Violence Prevention

• Mental Health

• Physical Activity

• Sexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Tobacco/Substance Use and Avoidance

• Chemoprevention for breast cancer: Women at high-risk

• Self-breast Exams: Beginning at age 20+

• Breast Feeding

• Folic Acid

• Tobacco and substance use and avoidance

• Alcohol use and avoidance

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