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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): Prévention primaire des maladies
Prévention primordiale
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 économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
Related: Interventions chirurgicales prophylactiques MeSH
Médecine préventive MeSH
Odontologie préventive MeSH
Psychiatrie préventive MeSH
Services de médecine préventive 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
Prévention primaire - Preferred
Concept UI M0017578
Preferred term Prévention primaire
Entry term(s) Prévention primaire des maladies
Prévention primordiale - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000605493
Preferred term Prévention primordiale



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