 Primary Prevention
"Primary Prevention" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011322
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.726.758 N06.850.780.680
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| Concept/Terms |
Primordial Prevention- Primordial Prevention
- Preventions, Primordial
- Primordial Preventions
- Prevention, Primordial
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Primary Prevention" by people in this website by year, and whether "Primary Prevention" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Primary Prevention" by people in Profiles.
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Wood NM, Shakeel O, Ortega-Garcia JA, Miller MD. Integrating environmental risk factors into pediatric cancer care: Laying the groundwork for improved outcomes and primary prevention. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2025 Sep; 55(9):101821.
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Prosser A, Amos L, Sharma M. Novel prenatal diagnosis of protein C deficiency and primary prophylaxis with protein C concentrate. Thromb Res. 2021 Dec; 208:145-147.
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Parikh SR, Bly RA, Bonilla-Velez J, Dahl JP, Evans SS, Horn DL, Johnson KE, Manning SC, Ou HC, Pattisapu P, Perkins JA, Sie KCY. Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jun; 162(6):800-803.
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Dowd MD. Choking in Children: What to Do and How to Prevent. Pediatr Ann. 2019 Sep 01; 48(9):e338-e340.
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Portnoy J, Miller JD, Williams PB, Chew GL, Miller JD, Zaitoun F, Phipatanakul W, Kennedy K, Barnes C, Grimes C, Larenas-Linnemann D, Sublett J, Bernstein D, Blessing-Moore J, Khan D, Lang D, Nicklas R, Oppenheimer J, Randolph C, Schuller D, Spector S, Tilles SA, Wallace D. Environmental assessment and exposure control of dust mites: a practice parameter. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013 Dec; 111(6):465-507.
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Szilagyi PG, Humiston SG, Gallivan S, Albertin C, Sandler M, Blumkin A. Effectiveness of a citywide patient immunization navigator program on improving adolescent immunizations and preventive care visit rates. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jun; 165(6):547-53.
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McVety S, Li L, Thiffault I, Gordon PH, Macnamara E, Wong N, Australie K, Kasprzak L, Chong G, Foulkes WD. The value of multi-modal gene screening in HNPCC in Quebec: three mutations in mismatch repair genes that would have not been correctly identified by genomic DNA sequencing alone. Fam Cancer. 2006; 5(1):21-8.
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Ch?vez-Bueno S, McCracken GH. Bacterial meningitis in children. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2005 Jun; 52(3):795-810, vii.
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Wind WM, Schwend RM, Armstrong DG. Predicting ulnar nerve location in pinning of supracondylar humerus fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2002 Jul-Aug; 22(4):444-7.
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