Screening, case finding and prevention principles
Prevention includes all measures that protect, promote and maintain a patient’s health and wellbeing, and activities that prevent disease, disability and death.1 Preventive activities continue across a person’s lifespan, from preconception and the fetal stage to old age. In addition, prevention applies to the natural history of disease, with preventive measures applied at any stage during the natural history of a disease to prevent progression.1
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Lifecycle-chart.pdf (PDF 0.35 MB)
Lifecycle chart – suitable for people with red-green colour-blindness (PDF 0.3 MB)
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