Preventive Education Series

Preventive Education Series 2 DRUG EDUCATION: PROGRAMMES AND METHODOLOGY AN OVERVIEW OF OPPORTUNITES FOR DRUG PREVENTION Education Sector PREVENTIVE EDUCATION SERIES

Interventions to implement prevention in primary care.

BACKGROUND Primary care physicians hold a strategic position in delivering preventive services. However discrepancies exist between evidence based guidelines and practice. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions to improve the delivery of preventive services in primary care. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group specialised regi...

Policy tools for building health education and preventive counseling into managed care.

CONTENT Six policy tools for building health education and preventive counseling into managed care are presented, and the opportunities and barriers to implementing each are described based largely on managed care plans operating in California in 1998. The six policy tools include (1) covering health education and preventive counseling as defined benefits, (2) increasing access to and use of he...

Preventive Medicine in World War II, Vol. IX. Special Fields

Preventive Medicine in World War II, Vol. IX; Special Fields, ed. by R. S. ANDERSON, E. C. HOFF, and P. M. HOFF, Washington, D. C. Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1971, pp. xxii, 650, illus., $8.00. The latest volume to be issued on the medical history of the United States army in World War II is that on 'Special Fields in Preventive Medicine'. The special fielas are thos...

Knowledge about preventive dentistry versus self-reported competence in providing preventive oral healthcare – a study among Nepalese dentists

BACKGROUND Dentists' and dental healthcare providers' professional knowledge and attitude towards the prevention of oral diseases may have an impact on the oral health of the general population. The aim of this study was to describe Nepalese dentists' competency in giving preventive education and treatment to their patients, and to assess their level of knowledge about preventive dental health....