Concept information
Preferred term
preventive medicine
Definition
- Preventive medicine is the practice of disease prevention and health promotion. Practitioners of preventive medicine, who may be health care professionals, psychologists, or policy makers, have a knowledge base in clinical medicine, public health, and behavioral medicine. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Preventive Medicine]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- car safety for infants and children
- cell phones and driving
- dental health and preventive care
- diabetes and lifestyle
- elder abuse
- epidemiology of cancer, behavior, diet, and exercise
- exercise prescription
- health promotion in Latinos
- injury prevention in exercise and sport
- injury prevention in older adults
- occupational medicine
- physical education
- phytochemicals
- preventing home injuries
- preventing traffic injuries
- preventive psychiatry
- skin disorders: prevention and treatment
- violence against children
- walking and health
- women's health and lifestyle
- worksite health promotion and interventions
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/preventive_medicine
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