Preventive Intervention

CDISC-Gloss – Practices or interventions used to help people stay healthy and avoid disease. NOTE: Involves limiting the chances of illness, injuries, or reduced health status from occurring (primary prevention) and, when diseases occur, supporting people to manage them as effectively as possible to prevent progression or recurrence (secondary prevention). Prevention is achieved by applying vaccines, behavioral changes, lifestyle changes, improved nutrition, etc. [After Prevention is better than cure, UK Department of Health and Social Care, Nov 5, 2018. After Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto April 2015]