Primary Prevention - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Expanding the public health research agenda for ovarian cancer.

30 Aug 2009 Since the year 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has undertaken an active public health research agenda in ovarian cancer, focused mainly on research related to earlier recognition of symptoms, methods for earlier diagnosis, ... Read more...

On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances.

30 Aug 2009 Finding alternatives to hospital admissions for older people and helping them to live for as long as possible in their own homes is a key objective of UK health and social policy. However, there is a lack of proof as to whether such alternatives ... Read more...

Women's rights and women's health during HIV/AIDS epidemics: the experience of women in sub-Saharan Africa.

30 Jul 2009 Twenty-five years have passed since HIV/AIDS was recognized as a major public health problem. Although billions of dollars are spent in research and development, we still have no medical cure or vaccination. In the early days of the epidemic, public ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Primary Prevention - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Australia considers string of preventive health measures. 17 Sep 2009
• Expanding the public health research agenda for ovarian cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• What's new in Nicotine & Tobacco Research? 30 Aug 2009
• On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances. 30 Aug 2009
• Foreword. Cancer: what the primary care practitioner needs to know, part I. 30 Aug 2009
• Women's rights and women's health during HIV/AIDS epidemics: the experience of women in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Jul 2009
• Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. 4 Jul 2009
• Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. 4 Jul 2009
• A pandemic that's not bird flu? Pigs might fly. 4 Jul 2009
• Public health, wellness, prevention, and health promotion: considering the role of chiropractic and determinants of health. 29 Jun 2009
• [6/10. Initiating and putting into place educational and preventive care. Communicating and conducting a relationship in the context of care (competences 5 and 6)] 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of prevention messages and self-efficacy skill building with inner-city women at risk for HIV infection. 29 Jun 2009
• Employee wellness programs: tips for achieving success. 29 Jun 2009
• An integrated and coordinated approach to preventing recurrent coronary heart disease events in Australia. 13 Jun 2009
• 5-2-1-0 goes to school: a pilot project testing the feasibility of schools adopting and delivering healthy messages during the school day. 30 May 2009
• Small steps to health: building sustainable partnerships in pediatric obesity care. 30 May 2009
• School-based health centers and obesity prevention: changing practice through quality improvement. 30 May 2009
• Responding to the childhood obesity epidemic: from the provider visit to health care policy--steps the health care sector can take. 30 May 2009
• Clinic-based nutrition and lifestyle counseling for Hispanic women delivered by community health workers: design of the California WISEWOMAN study. 29 Apr 2009
• Toward a multi-level, ecological approach to the primary prevention of sexual assault: prevention in peer and community contexts. 18 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Primary Prevention'

Definition: Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION, including mental health; protective procedures, such as COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; and monitoring and regulation of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Primary prevention is to be distinguished from SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION.

Descriptor UI: D011322

Alternative terms: Primary Prevention; Prevention, Primary;

Related Mesh Headings: Preventive Dentistry; Preventive Health Services; Preventive Medicine; Preventive Psychiatry;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.726.758; N06.850.780.680;

History Note: 79