Prevention activities designed to intervene when risk factors or early indicators of substance abuse, such as marital strife or poor job performance, are present.
Minimizing the harm to the body after an injury has occurred.
In the context of this report, strategies and programs that reduce the risk of violence among youths who display one or more risk factors for violence (high-risk youths).
A type of intervention in which the goal is to reduce the extent of drug use in individuals who have already had some exposure to them” ( Levinthal, 325).
An intervention option which aims to prevent drug problems by identifying and modifying potentially harmful drug use. Information and campaigns promoting safer levels of alcohol consumption are examples of secondary prevention strategies. Intervention may involve working with individuals, families, schools, youth groups or peer networks. Brief intervention is a secondary prevention strategy
Treatment to prevent recurrent coronary artery disease events in persons who have documented coronary artery disease.
Strategies undertaken to cure patients and reduce the more serious consequences of disease through early diagnosis and treatment.
Prevention strategies aimed at detecting a disease at a very early stage, when treatment is likely to be most effective. Methods include screening. See also ' primary prevention'.
Identification and correction of pathological conditions in the phase preceding the disease’s manifestation. It has the aim of interrupting the ongoing development process in order to reduce the chance of the disease causing significant symptoms.
Activities targeted to prevent breakdowns and dysfunctions among families who have been identified as at risk for abuse and neglect.
Prevention of further cardiovascular events (e.g. stroke or MI) in patients who have already had CVD-related events.
