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MeSH Heading: Primary Prevention
Tree Number(s): N02.421.726.758; N06.850.780.680
Unique ID: D011322
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Version: PRIMARY PREV
Entry Term(s): Disease Prevention, Primary; Prevention, Primary; Prevention, Primordial; Primordial Prevention
Previous Indexing: Preventive Health Services (1968-1978); Preventive Medicine (1966-1978); specific disease/prevention & control (1966-1978)
See Also: Preventive Dentistry; Preventive Health Services; Preventive Medicine; Preventive Psychiatry; Prophylactic Surgical Procedures
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/09
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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.
Terms: Primary Prevention Preferred Term
Term UI T033377
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); Prevention, Primary
Term UI T033376
Date05/09/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Disease Prevention, Primary
Term UI T000908395
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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