Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors among college women concerning the
prevention of osteoporosis.
Are abuse
prevention policies and procedures in place?
This important step ensures that
prevention efforts revolve around the community's specific problems.
These are likely to include
prevention, improved access to care and treatment, care of children orphaned by AIDS, expanded public/private sector partnerships, the need for an accelerated multisectoral response to the epidemic and for resources commensurate with the crisis.
The OTA report also disclosed that, despite such alarming rates of infection, research focusing on HIV
prevention among people of color lagged far behind research on other groups--namely, Euro-Americans.
Secondary
prevention is the effort aimed at reducing or halting the progression of the disabling condition after the initial injury has occurred (i.
Scientists have been uncertain about the relative contributions of treatment and basic
prevention - preventing the development of the disease rather than its recurrence - to the drop in deaths from coronary artery disease.
Because the healthy women in the breast cancer
prevention trial "cannot weigh the risk of this drug against a disease they already have, we're entering a very controversial and novel ethical arena," maintains Arthur L.
School counselors are in a position to provide early intervention by recognizing at-risk individuals, implementing effective school-based
prevention programs, making appropriate referrals, and providing support for students recovering from eating disorders.
15) The first two are evaluating the diaphragm's protective effects against chlamydia and gonorrhea, while the third is a randomized controlled trial among 4,500 women in Zimbabwe and South Africa testing the safety and efficacy of the vaginal diaphragm specifically for the
prevention of HIV transmission.
Conference presenters discussed the role of surveillance in raising awareness of the resistance problem and in monitoring the effectiveness of
prevention and control programs.
