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Primary Prevention

Known as: Prevention, Primary, prevention primary 
Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION… 
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disease prevention

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Trials and projects on cervical cancer and human papillomavirus prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.
2010
2010
Defibrillation Testing at the Time of ICD Insertion: An Analysis From the Ontario ICD Registry
Defibrillation Testing at the Time of ICD Insertion. Background: Increasingly, ICD implantation is performed without… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Expanding the orbit of primary prevention--moving beyond JUPITER.
The aphorism “prevention is better than cure” makes perfect sense when applied to healthy habits such as following a sensible… 
2006
2006
Treatment with chitin microparticles is protective against lung histopathology in a murine asthma model
Background Chitin, a natural polysaccharide extracted from shrimp, is a potent T and B cell adjuvant when delivered in the form… 
2003
2003
BLUNTS AND BLOWTJES: CANNABIS USE PRACTICES IN TWO CULTURAL SETTINGS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR SECONDARY PREVENTION
This paper explores two modes of cannabis preparation and smoking which have manifested with in the drug subcultures of the… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Sexually inappropriate behaviors in seriously mentally ill children and adolescents.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Family patterns and primary prevention of family violence.
Although services for victims and treatment programs for batterers have priority in efforts to ameliorate family violence… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Organizational and community approaches to community-wide prevention of heart disease: the first two years of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Primary prevention of tobacco smoking.
Sixth-grade students (N = 56) were assigned randomly to one of four experimental conditions: pretest and primary prevention… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Professional, organizational, and social barriers to primary prevention.
While acknowledging the importance of primary prevention, mental health agencies continue to devote their major resources to… 
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