Prevention is action to keep something from occurring in the first place.
Prevention is wise action.
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Prevention is practiced in a wide variety of areas such as
- Disease prevention and public health
- Prevention of social problems such as drug abuse, crime, and gang membership.
- Fire prevention
- Loss prevention
- Preventive maintanence on vehicles
Different specific actions and different areas are governed by different preventive approaches such as
Laws (seat belts)
Policy (flouridation)
Corporate (fostering preventive maintanence of vehicles by manufacturers, dealers, and repair shops)
Professional (dentists fostering regular checkups)
Prevention can be encouraged by making the right thing to do the easy thing to do.
For more prevention info see http://larrylangdon.googlepages.com/prevention
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This area will be built out to focus on prevention, public health, and wellness approaches to fostering health as examples of how to do prevention.
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