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Research on preventive care addresses the question of whether it is cost saving or cost effective and whether there is an economics evidence base for health promotion and disease prevention. The need for and interest in preventive care is driven by the imperative to reduce health care costs while improving quality of care and the patient ...
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 ...
A community health worker in Korail Basti, a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Public health has been defined as "the science and art of preventing disease", prolonging life and improving quality of life through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations (public and private), communities and individuals. [2]
They were later under the Deputy Director for Non-Infectious Diseases. [14] The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is one of the original centers established in 1980. It was originally the Center for Health Promotion and Education, and gained its current name by 1990.
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"
Chemoprevention or chemoprophylaxis refers to the administration of a medication for the purpose of preventing disease or infection. [1] [2] Antibiotics, for example, may be administered to patients with disorders of immune system function to prevent bacterial infections (particularly opportunistic infection). [3]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services , and is headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to public health: . Public health has been defined as "the science and art of preventing disease", prolonging life and improving quality of life through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations (public and private), communities and individuals.