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Prevention
Prevention aims to prevent health problems. Prevention is about preventing health problems by optimizing conditions for health and preventing harmful... -
Injury Prevention
Soccer, as an invasion team sport, is characterized by frequent high-intensity efforts and physical collisions among players. These dynamics render... -
Prevention
In recommendations for prevention, one has to differentiate between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention is relevant for... -
Prevention
There are four main reasons why obesity prevention must start in early pediatric ages: prevalence, clinical impact, tracking, and poor therapeutical... -
Prevention of Eating Disorders
Primary eating disorder prevention aims to prevent the development of eating disorders, prevent risk factors, and promote protective factors. Primary... -
Scar Prevention
Hypertrophic scars and keloids can be aesthetically unpleasant and may be associated with functional and psychosocial impairment. Treating a... -
Cancer Prevention
Cancer prevention can be categorized as primary, secondary, or tertiary. Prevention may address entire populations or individuals and families at... -
Prevention in Environmental Insurance
The goal of the chapter is to analyse the preventive aspect of insurance covering environmental risks. This seems important for a few reasons.... -
Prevention Versus Pseudo-prevention: a Systematic Review of School Drug Prevention and its Indexing in Best Practice Portals
The objective was to identify the quality level of school-based drug prevention programs in Spain and their indexing in portals of best practices....
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Preventing pressure ulcers is fundamental in managing and caring for the patient following a fragility fracture. Patients who have sustained a hip... -
Introduction and Prevention Framework
The high prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States and across the world, and the fact that it is the number one... -
Epidemiology and Prevention. I-2. Prevention: Risk Reduction (Primary Prevention) and Screening (Secondary Prevention)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. The incidence of CRC tends to increase with societal and economic development and... -
Secondary Fracture Prevention
Fragility fractures signal that osteoporosis or osteopenia may be present. These are fractures often sustained through minimal trauma and commonly... -
Person-Centered Prevention
Prevention reduces lifestyle causes of poor health and targets those with the highest risk of ill health, which requires a nationally led drive that... -
Family Prevention Programs
A variety of approaches and labels currently exist with regard to the development and implementation of prevention efforts targeting families with... -
Prevention Umbrella: Health Protection, Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention
Prevention is a broad concept and is an umbrella concept, encompassing health promotion, disease prevention, and health protection. Health promotion... -
Prevention
This chapter aims to explain the research underpinning the rights-based approach in the category of ‘Prevention’ rights as they relate to children in... -
Health Literacy and Diseases Prevention
Health literacy and disease prevention are intricately linked, especially in developing countries where limited access to reliable health information... -
Penetrating Injury Prevention
Injuries from interpersonal violence pose a significant public health burden and should be approached with preventive medicine strategies, akin to... -
Comprehensive Prevention: An Evaluation of Peripheral Outcomes of a School-based Prevention Program
By age 18, 22-27% of adolescents have experienced depressive symptoms increasing their risk of peripheral mental health and social issues. Despite...