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Descriptor English: Primary Prevention
Descriptor Spanish: Prevención Primaria
Descriptor prevención primaria
Entry term(s) prevención primaria de enfermedad
prevención primaria de las enfermedades
Scope note: Prácticas específicas para la prevención de enfermedades o trastornos mentales en individuos o poblaciones susceptibles. Incluyen la PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD, incluida la salud mental, los procedimientos preventivos, tales como el CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES TRANSMISIBLES, y la supervisión y regulación de los CONTAMINANTES AMBIENTALES. La prevención primaria debe distinguirse de la PREVENCIÓN SECUNDARIA y de la PREVENCIÓN TERCIARIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prevenção Primária
Descriptor French: Prévention primaire
Entry term(s): Disease Prevention, Primary
Disease Preventions, Primary
Prevention, Primary
Prevention, Primordial
Preventions, Primordial
Primary Disease Prevention
Primary Disease Preventions
Primordial Prevention
Primordial Preventions
Tree number(s): N02.421.726.758
N06.850.780.680
SP2.840.385.619.355
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011322
Scope note: Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION, including mental health; protective procedures, such as COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; and monitoring and regulation of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Primary prevention is to be distinguished from SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Preventive Health Services (1968-1978)
Preventive Medicine (1966-1978)
specific disease/prevention & control (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Entry Version: PRIMARY PREV
Related: Preventive Dentistry MeSH
Preventive Health Services MeSH
Preventive Medicine MeSH
Preventive Psychiatry MeSH
Prophylactic Surgical Procedures MeSH
DeCS ID: 11758
Unique ID: D011322
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/09
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Primary Prevention - Preferred
Concept UI M0017578
Scope note Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION, including mental health; protective procedures, such as COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; and monitoring and regulation of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Primary prevention is to be distinguished from SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION.
Preferred term Primary Prevention
Entry term(s) Disease Prevention, Primary
Disease Preventions, Primary
Prevention, Primary
Primary Disease Prevention
Primary Disease Preventions
Primordial Prevention - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000605493
Preferred term Primordial Prevention
Entry term(s) Prevention, Primordial
Preventions, Primordial
Primordial Preventions



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