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Running Head: PRIMARY PREVENTION






Primary Prevention: A Community Focus
December 09, 2007











Primary Prevention: A Community Focus
Primary prevention is devoted to a variety of health and social issues, including violence, high medical costs, chronic illnesses, and health disparities amongst the underprivileged. The basis of prevention is a comprehensive strategy addressing far-reaching complicated social, health and economic issues of society as a whole. Primary prevention focuses on stopping an illness or problem from happening rather than addressing it afterwards. It highlights universal changes that deal with entire communities, rather than concentrating on one individual at a time (Prevention, n.d.).
An environmental approach is the key to the success of the evolvement of preventative healthcare, with primary prevention being the first line of defense. In this application, the term environment refers to anything outside an individual......

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