Primary Prevention: From 3 Different Sources
The protection of health by personal and community-wide effects. Primary prevention involves measures provided to individuals to prevent the onset of a targeted condition.
See “prevention”.
avoidance of the onset of disease by behaviour modification or treatment. For example, limiting alcohol intake reduces the risk of developing cirrhosis, and routine childhood *immunization prevents the development of infections of childhood. See also preventive medicine; secondary prevention; tertiary prevention.
Basic or general health care focused on the point at which a patient ideally first seeks assistance from the medical care system. It is the basis for referrals to secondary and tertiary level care.... primary care
Measures that identify and treat asymptomatic persons who have already developed risk factors or preclinical disease, but in whom the condition is not clinically apparent. These activities are focused on early case-finding of asymptomatic disease that occurs commonly and has significant risk for negative outcome without treatment.... secondary prevention
A process aimed at limiting the negative effects of an established disease.... tertiary prevention
See GENERAL PRACTITIONER (GP)... primary care trust
The 1st teeth (also known as milk teeth), which usually start to appear at age 6 months and are replaced by the permanent teeth from about age 6 years. There are 20 primary teeth, 10 in each jaw. (See also teeth; eruption of teeth; teething.)... primary teeth
See “prevention”.... disease prevention
A classification of diseases, conditions and other reasons for attendance for primary care. This classification is an adaptation of the ICD but makes allowance for the diagnostic uncertainty that prevails in primary care.... international classification of health problems in primary care (ichppc)
The official classification of the World Organisation of Family Doctors. It includes three elements of the doctor-patient encounter: the reason for the encounter; the diagnosis; and the treatment or other action or intervention.... international classification of primary care (icpc)
This is aimed at promoting health, preserving health and restoring health when it is impaired and to minimize suffering and distress. There are various levels of prevention:... prevention
An original cancer still at the site at which it started to grow.... primary cancer
Sometimes called primary medical care, this is the care provided by a GENERAL PRACTITIONER (GP) – traditionally entitled the family doctor – or other health professionals who have ?rst contact with a patient needing or wanting medical attention. In the NHS, the primary health-care services include those provided by the general, dental, ophthalmic and pharmaceutical services as well as the family doctor service. Community health services provided outside the hospitals also o?er some primary health care.... primary health care
An investigation that collects original (primary) data from subjects, e.g. randomized controlled trials, observational studies, series of cases, etc. See “secondary data analysis”.... primary study
Actions and measures that inhibit the emergence and establishment of environmental, economic, social and behavioural conditions, cultural patterns of living, etc., known to increase the risk of disease.... primordial prevention
A term applied to a disease that has originated within the organ or tissue affected, and is not derived from any other cause or source. The term primary is also applied to the 1st of several diseases to affect a tissue or organ in turn. Primary is also used to mean “of unknown cause”.... primary
a form of *behaviour therapy given for severe *obsessions. Patients are encouraged to abstain from rituals and repetitive acts while they are in situations that arouse anxiety. For example, a hand-washing ritual might be treated by stopping washing while being progressively exposed to dirt. The anxiety then declines, and with it the obsessions.... response prevention
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