Women's Preventive Services Initiative

08/27/2025

Listen to The Green Room’s latest episode from the September 2025: Gynecology issue. Drs. Catherine Witkop and Amy Cantor discuss how the WPSI updated the breast cancer screening recommendation based on the latest evidence as well as the need for a new recommendation on patient navigation services for breast and cervical cancer screening.

Access the episode and read The Green Journal article in the links in the bio.

06/11/2025

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 randomized clinical trials with 39,111 participants, set out to determine the effectiveness and harms of patient navigation services for breast and cervical cancer screening. Among women who received patient navigation services, rates were 13.8% higher for breast cancer screening and 15.6% higher for cervical cancer screening, and higher for follow-up of abnormal screening results.

Reducing barriers with patient navigation services could improve access and engage patients in more effective and equitable cancer preventive care.

Read the evidence review published in JAMA Internal Medicine and WPSI’s recommendation on Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in the links in bio.

03/08/2025

The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI) celebrates women today and everyday! The WPSI is proud to support clinicians who deliver preventive services to women of all ages. When women are healthy, communities thrive! Click the link in the bio to access WPSI’s resources.

02/20/2025

Come visit us at The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative’s table at the 2025 AIM Annual Meeting! We will be here Feb 20-21.

12/05/2024

In partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the WPSI launched its first online CME course, called The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI): Recommendations for Women’s Preventive Health Care. This free course guides clinicians through the Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines to provide preventive services to women without cost sharing.

Utilization of these services such as breast cancer screening in women of average risk, contraception, and diabetes screening in and after pregnancy, among others, helps improve women’s health across their lifespan.

Earn 2 credits: AMA PRA Category 1. Access the free course now! https://bit.ly/4f23A6o

11/19/2024

The WPSI recommends screening adolescent and adult women for intimate partner and domestic violence, at least annually, and, when needed, providing or referring to intervention services.

Learn more about WPSI’s draft recommendation on Screening and Counseling for Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence and provide your feedback by November 21. https://bit.ly/2O9VC0U

11/18/2024

The WPSI recommends women at average risk for breast cancer initiate mammography screening no earlier than age 40 and no later than age 50, and screening should occur at least biennially and as frequently as annually. Women may require additional imaging to complete the screening process or to address findings on the initial screening mammography.

Learn more about WPSI’s draft recommendation on Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk and provide your feedback by November 21. https://bit.ly/2O9VC0U

11/14/2024

Patient navigation services are provided by healthcare systems to help patients overcome barriers to cancer screening and follow-up as they move through the preventive service pathway of health care.

Learn more about WPSI’s draft recommendation on Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and provide your feedback by November 21. https://bit.ly/2O9VC0U

10/28/2024

We are now accepting comments on draft recommendation updates for Screening and Counseling for Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence, Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk, and a new recommendation Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. We want to hear from you! Please share your input by November 21, 2024. womenspreventivehealth.org/public-comment/

04/30/2024

When should clinicians start screening patients for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (HIV)? WPSI recommends starting at age 15. See more: womenspreventivehealth.org/recommendations/human-immunodeficiency-virus-infection/

04/24/2024

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04/23/2024

Minority women are disproportionately affected by breast and cervical cancers. WPSI recommends screening for all women, regardless of race, color, and ethnicity. See WPSI recommendations: womenspreventivehealth.org/recommendations/

Recommendations Anxiety Breast Cancer Breastfeeding Services and Supplies Cervical Cancer Contraception Diabetes after Pregnancy Diabetes in Pregnancy Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (HIV) Interpersonal and Domestic Violence Obesity Prevention in Midlife Women Sexually Transmitted Infections....