Preventive Medicine
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, consists of measures taken for disease prevention. Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices and are dynamic processes which begin before individuals realize they are affected. Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primal, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.Each year, millions of people die of preventable deaths. A 2004 study showed that about half of all deaths in the United States in 2000 were due to preventable behaviors and exposures. Leading causes included cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, unintentional injuries, diabetes, and certain infectious …
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HHS: United States Department of Health and Human Services · 28 August 2024 English
The report, Parents Under Pressure: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on the Mental Health & Well-Being of Parents, examines the current state of parental stress and its profound impact on …
ences(ACE) Study.American journal of preventive medicine, 14(4),245–258. https://doi.org/10.101 …
Public Health Law Center · 11 April 2024 English
The manufacturers agreed to these requirements, along with annual settlement payments that have resulted in the payment of billions of dollars to the state — payments that will continue as …
Productivity Losses, U.S. 2018, 63 Am. J. Preventive medicine 478-85 (2022), https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/ …
Public Health Law Center · 2 April 2024 English
The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars to develop and market tobacco products designed to addict consumers for profit.2 For instance, the tobacco industry spends over $162.6 million annually to …
the United States, TUS-CPS, 2003–2019, 36 preVentiVe mediCine Reports 1-10 (2023), https://www.sciencedirect …
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 4 March 2024 English
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee (MSHRAC). …
public health, global health, preparedness, preventive medicine, the faith-based and community-based sector …
LDI: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics · 18 January 2024 English
Stimulants are playing a prominent role in the current U.S. overdose crisis. As stimulant use continues to mount, the need for evidence-based treatment grows more urgent. This brief highlights contingency …
Psychomotor Stimulants with and without Fentanyl. Preventive Medicine, 176(Nov). https://doi.org/10.1016/j. ypmed …
MHS: Military Health System · 2024 English
mil/Navy- Marine-Corps-Public-Health-Center/Preventive-Medicine/Program-and-Policy-Support/Disease-Surveillance/DRSI …
MaineHealth · 2024 English
org/mmc Part of the Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Endocrine System Diseases Commons …
Aurora Health Care · 2024 English
Other Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Preventive Medicine Commons, Primary Care Commons, and the Women's …
NAM|IoM: National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine · 2024 English
The NAM’s Culture of Health Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a multiyear collaborative effort to identify strategies to create and sustain conditions that support equitable good …
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry …
KPWHRI: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute · 2024 English
Circulation, Vaccine, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Archives …
