primary prevention

Preferred Label : primary prevention;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : prevention, primary; Disease Prevention, Primary; Disease Preventions, Primary; Primary Disease Prevention; Primary Disease Preventions;

Related MeSH term : Primordial Prevention; Preventions, Primordial; Primordial Preventions; Prevention, Primordial;

Details

Origin ID

D011322;

UMLS CUI

C0033144;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Primary Prevention [DeCS]
- Primary prevention [MedDRA LLT]
- Primary prevention (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- primary prevention [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Primary Prevention [NCIt concept]
- primary prevention [Q-code]
Metaterm(s)
- risk management [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- Primordial Prevention [MeSH concept]
- primary prevention [MeSH concept]
See also
- Prophylactic Surgical Procedures [MeSH Descriptor]
- preventive dentistry [MeSH Descriptor]
- preventive health services [MeSH Descriptor]
- preventive medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
- preventive psychiatry [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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