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Primary Prevention
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Action taken before a disease process begins, removing or reducing exposure to a cause: vaccination, clean water, tobacco control and safety regulation are all primary prevention. It is the first of the three tiers of prevention public health practice recognizes.
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First Described EraSourced to the subject's own account1940s, term coined by Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark 1 Concept Class Cross-Tradition Connections
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Primary prevention is named as the essential strategy against the environmental disease burden.
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