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Primary prevention Methods to avoid occurrence of disease either through eliminating disease agents or increasing resistance to disease. [18] Examples include immunization against disease, maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regimen, and avoiding smoking. [19] Secondary prevention
The prevention paradox was first formally described in 1981 [1] by the epidemiologist Geoffrey Rose. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the term "prevention paradox" was also used to describe the apparent paradox of people questioning steps to prevent the spread of the pandemic because the prophesied spread did not occur. [2]
Prevention paradox, the situation where the majority of cases of a disease come from a population at low risk; Prevention science, the application of a scientific methodology to prevent or moderate major human dysfunctions; Prevention through design, the concept of mitigating occupational hazards by "designing them out"
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. [4]
Universal precautions are an infection control practice. Under universal precautions all patients were considered to be possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens. The guideline recommended wearing gloves when collecting or handling blood and body fluids contaminated with blood, wearing face shields when there was danger of blood splashing on mucous membranes ,and disposing of all needles and ...
Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe , infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health , known as "infection protection" ( smittevern ...
During the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, the SARS-CoV-1 virus was prevented from causing a pandemic of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Rapid action by national and international health authorities such as the World Health Organization helped to slow transmission and eventually broke the chain of transmission, which ended the localized epidemics before they could become a pandemic.
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1] [2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. [3]