Origin The 1950s
The branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease and promoting health before illness occurs. It is commonly divided into primary prevention (removing risk factors, as with immunization), secondary prevention (early detection through screening) and tertiary prevention (limiting harm from disease already present).
Facts
Origin PeriodDated to the 1954 founding of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the specialty's professional home. Classification
Type/ClassificationPublic Health Specialty 1 Preventive Medicine
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FAQs
What are the three levels of prevention in preventive medicine?
Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
Primary prevention removes risk factors before disease occurs, as with immunization. Secondary prevention detects an existing disease early, before symptoms appear, through screening. Tertiary prevention limits the harm of disease that is already present, through treatment and rehabilitation.
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Associated With
Preventive medicine draws on epidemiologic methods
Prevention and screening are core family practice work
Vaccination, Discoveries Immunization is the standard example of primary prevention.
Source Wikipedia: Preventive Healthcare
Notable Specialists
Vaccination against smallpox is a founding case of primary prevention.
Source History of Vaccines: Edward Jenner Overview
Source Eloísa Díaz (source article)
Source Eugen Kolisko (Wikipedia)
Source James Lind (Wikipedia)
Source R. Tait McKenzie (Wikipedia)
Source Robert Giller (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas L. Cleave (source article)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Preventive Healthcare
WikipediaLead section
Preventive healthcare or prophylaxis is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.
en.wikipedia.org Preventive healthcare, Overview section, primary prevention definition
Methods to avoid occurrence of disease either through eliminating disease agents or increasing resistance to disease.
Wikipedia lead, Preventive healthcare
Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primal, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
View the Source 2. American College of Preventive Medicine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaBackground sectionQuote, Background section
In 1954, ACPM was established to provide a supportive home for the increasing number of preventive medicine board-certified physicians.
3. ACPM Mission and History
About ACPM sectionQuote, About ACPM section
ACPM was founded in 1954 to create a professional home for the growing number of board-certified experts
James Lind (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: James Lind, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: James Lind, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Lind advanced the practice of preventive medicine
R. Tait McKenzie (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: R. Tait McKenzie, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: R. Tait McKenzie, Lead [specialist-in]
He became convinced of the need for preventive medicine.
Eloísa Díaz (source article)
Notable Specialists: Eloísa Díaz, CareerQuote, Notable Specialists: Eloísa Díaz, Career
where she implemented school breakfasts and mass vaccination of students, as well as campaigns to combat alcoholism, rickets and tuberculosis
Thomas L. Cleave (source article)
Notable Specialists: Thomas L. Cleave, Biography, research focusQuote, Notable Specialists: Thomas L. Cleave, Biography, research focus
Cleave's interest focussed on preventative medicine
Robert Giller (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Robert Giller, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert Giller, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
He specialized in preventive medicine and became known for his public advocacy
Eugen Kolisko (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eugen Kolisko, Lead, specialist-in preventive-medicineQuote, Notable Specialists: Eugen Kolisko, Lead, specialist-in preventive-medicine
Kolisko specialized in preventative medicine
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