Preventive Primary Care

An action or behavior that does not allow a disease or adverse event to occur

Descriptions

Healthcare is sometimes perceived as only taking a responsive action to treat an illness, disease, or injury. While treatment is a major part of medicine, there are also physicians who place a focus on helping prevent illness and disease.

Preventive medicine is when these physicians work together for both treatment and prevention. There are many medical subspecialties or areas of practice that focus narrowly on a single age group, ailment, or body part, but preventive medicine doesn’t work within these same boundaries, making it an extremely broad field.

So, what is preventive medicine exactly, and why is it so important? We’re exploring the details of this dynamic medical specialty and learn how its impact reaches not just individual patients but also communities and populations at large.

Why is preventive medicine important?

Outside of deaths related to COVID-19 complications, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the five leading causes of death in the US as heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. In fact, chronic diseases like these account for seven out of ten deaths in the US.

This makes preventive medicine more important in identifying health issues that can cause premature death. Screening and detection have become critical components of healthcare, but those aren’t the only aspects of preventive medicine that can have a noticeable impact. Healthy habits like eating well, exercising, and avoiding tobacco use are just as critical.

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Types of preventive medicine

Aerospace medicine

Aerospace medicine pertains to the health and safety of persons within air and space vehicles. The passengers and workers aboard these contraptions face their share of environmental hazards, as well as physical and psychological stressors. Physicians in aerospace medicine work to promote the health, safety, and wellness of individuals working or traveling in air and space environments. They also help in preventing injuries from many environmental factors, including microgravity, radiation exposure, G-forces, emergency ejection injuries, and hypoxic conditions.

Occupational medicine

Occupational medicine seeks to reduce injury, disability, and death in workers across industries. Physicians specializing in occupational medicine examine the physical, chemical, biological, and social environments of the workplace and their impact on the health of employees. These practitioners help employers identify health and safety risks to employees and work to cut down on occupational hazards that could result in injury or death. They may also make policy recommendations to promote safe work environments, diagnose occupational diseases and injuries, and research work-related health issues.

Public health

Working in the public health realm, preventive medicine physicians promote health and well-being on a larger scale. These practitioners work with communities and certain segments of the population, combining prevention-based clinical knowledge with population-based public health. Public health physicians analyze data on public health problems and research the causes behind them. They also develop strategies to tackle health issues in the public, which can lead to new programs promoting overall health and preventing the spread of disease. These physicians also consult with other officials in the field to develop legislation benefitting the health of entire communities.

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