definition of prevention
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prevention Prevention is the act of stopping something or ensuring something does not happen. Stopping teenagers from using drugs is an example of drug prevention. the act of preventing.
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Community Policing as the Primary Prevention Strategy for Homeland Security at the Local Law Enforcement Level Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. CPTED is a proactive design philosophy built around a core set of principles that is based on the belief that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime as well as an improvement in the quality of life.
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prophylaxis Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it. prophylactic treatment, as the cleaning of the teeth by a dentist or dental hygienist.
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- Preventative medicine is geared toward preventing existing diseases in people instead of searching for the overall cure. The methods used to prevent illness are classified into three categories: primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention.ertiary prevention is everything else required to care for the patient in fighting the disease, according to Fitzgerald Health Education Associates. Attempts are made to minimize the negative impact of the sickness, restore function and prevent complications.
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secondary prevention pressure ulcer prevention in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as the prevention of pressure ulcers for a patient at high risk for developing them. primary prevention the first level of health care, designed to prevent the occurrence of disease and promote health. religious addiction prevention in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as prevention of a self-imposed controlling religious lifestyle.
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tertiary prevention tertiary prevention. Medtalk Treatment that alters the course of clinical disease--eg, with CABG or PCTA. See Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Psychiatry Measures to reduce impairment or disability following a disorder–eg, through rehabilitation.
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Introduction to Primary Prevention Primary prevention includes initiatives that precede perpetration or victimization that seek to enhance protective factors and modify or eliminate risk factors.
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What is 'Preventive Services' DEFINITION of 'Preventive Services'. Routine health care that includes check-ups, patient counseling and screenings to prevent illness, disease and other health-related problems.EFINITION of 'Preventive Services'. Routine health care that includes check-ups, patient counseling and screenings to prevent illness, disease and other health-related problems.
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- The chemical industry has practiced prevention for almost a century in the form of yield improvement -- the art of making more product with the same amount of raw material. Pollution prevention is one of the six codes of the Chemical Manufacturers Association's Responsible Care initiative. This requires that companies, as a condition of CMA membership, establish and execute pollution prevention programs and share the results with the public.
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Suicide prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of local citizen organizations, health professionals and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide.
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Retail loss prevention Retail loss prevention. Retail loss prevention is a set of practices employed by retail companies to preserve profit. Profit preservation is any business activity specifically designed to reduce preventable losses. A preventable loss is any business cost caused by deliberate or inadvertent human actions, colloquially known as shrinkage. Deliberate human actions that cause loss to a retail company can be theft, fraud, vandalism, waste, abuse, or misconduct. Inadvertent human actions attributable to loss are poorly exe
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Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence is a measure of the probability of occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time. Although sometimes loosely expressed simply as the number of new cases during some time period, it is better expressed as a proportion or a rate with a denominator.ncidence should not be confused with prevalence, which is the proportion of cases in the population at a given time rather than rate of occurrence of new cases.
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What researchers mean by... Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention are three terms that map out the range of interventions available to health experts.
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containment Definition of containment for English Language Learners : the act of preventing the spread of something : actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration An injury and illness prevention program, is a proactive process to help employers find and fix workplace hazards before workers are hurt. We know these programs can be effective at reducing injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
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Preventive healthcare Preventive healthcare (alternately preventive medicine or prophylaxis) consists of measures taken for disease prevention, as opposed to disease treatment.[1] Just as health encompasses a variety of physical and mental states, so do disease and disability, which are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and ...
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Causes and Prevention Causes and Prevention. Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the risk of getting cancer. This can include maintaining a healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to known cancer-causing substances, and taking medicines or vaccines that can prevent cancer from developing.
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Cancer prevention Between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable. Prevention offers the most cost-effective long-term strategy for the control of cancer. National policies and programmes should be implemented to raise awareness, to reduce exposure to cancer risk factors and to ensure that people are provided with the information and support they need to adopt healthy lifestyles.
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- substance abuse prevention substance abuse prevention also known as drug abuse prevention is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive s substances prevention efforts may focus on the individual or their surroundings
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Defining Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Defining Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Health promotion and disease prevention programs focus on keeping people healthy. Health promotion engages and empowers individuals and communities to engage in healthy behaviors, and make changes that reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases and other morbidities.
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What is 'Preventive Services' DEFINITION of 'Preventive Services'. Routine health care that includes check-ups, patient counseling and screenings to prevent illness, disease and other health-related problems.
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Prevention Research at the NIH Prevention research also includes research studies to develop and evaluate disease prevention and health promotion recommendations and public health programs. Methodological and statistical procedures for assessing risk and measuring the effects of preventive interventions.
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Prevention PREVENTION, civil and French law. The right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge. 2. In Pennsylvania it has been ruled that a justice of the peace cannot take cognizance of a cause which has been previously decided by another justice. 2 Dall.
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- Mitigation means to reduce the severity of the. human and material damage caused by the disaster. Prevention is to ensure that. human action or natural phenomena do not result in disaster or emergency. Primary. prevention is to reduce -avert- avoid the risk of the event occurring, by getting rid of.
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Accident Prevention Accident prevention includes all measures taken in an effort to save lives, escape from injury, lessen the degrees of injury, reduce loss of properties, treatment and compensation costs, production and time loss, and morale loss of the concerned organization.
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Aryan Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent. The theory of an “Aryan race” appeared in the mid-19th century and remained prevalent until the mid-20th century.