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  2. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Primordial prevention refers to all measures designed to prevent the development of risk factors in the first place, early in life, [16] [17] and even preconception, as Ruth A. Etzel has described it "all population-level actions and measures that inhibit the emergence and establishment of adverse environmental, economic, and social conditions".

  3. Haddon Matrix - Wikipedia

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    The Haddon Matrix is the most commonly used paradigm in the injury prevention field. Developed by William Haddon in 1970, the matrix looks at factors related to personal attributes, vector or agent attributes and environmental attributes; before, during and after an injury or death. By utilizing this framework, one can then think about ...

  4. Primary health care - Wikipedia

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    The Barefoot Doctors had close community ties, were relatively low-cost, and perhaps most importantly they encouraged self-reliance through advocating prevention and hygiene practices. [6] The program experienced a massive expansion of rural medical services in China, with the number of Barefoot Doctors increasing dramatically between the early ...

  5. Quaternary prevention - Wikipedia

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    The quaternary prevention, concept coined by the Belgian general practitioner Marc Jamoulle, [1] [2] [3] Quaternary prevention is the set of health activities to mitigate or avoid the consequences of unnecessary or excessive intervention of the health system .

  6. Health belief model - Wikipedia

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    Original health belief model. In social psychology, the health belief model (HBM) is a psychological framework used to explain and predict individuals' potentially detrimental behaviors, attitudes and beliefs on their health.

  7. Natural history of disease - Wikipedia

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    La historia natural de la enfermedad como fuente esencial para la formulación del pronóstico (PDF). Madrid: HM. ISBN 978-84-612-7199-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-18. Bhopal, R. (2008). Concepts of Epidemiology. Integrating the ideas, theories, principles and methods of epidemiology (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

  8. Primordial - Wikipedia

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    Primordial elements, elements formed before the Earth came into existence; Primordial narcissism, the psychological condition of prenatal existence; Primordialism, the argument which contends that nations are ancient, natural phenomena; Primordial (band), Irish heavy metal band; Primordial (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Lagoon in ...

  9. Preventive action - Wikipedia

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    Crime prevention relies on the actions that defend and fight against criminals and crimes, such as murders, robberies, burglaries, black mail, high jacking or smuggling. Criminologists focus on preventing the risks that can cause crime rather than reacting to crime that have already occurred.