prevention strategy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreventionandstrategy
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prevention
noun[U]
uk/prɪˈven.ʃən/us/prɪˈven.ʃən/
the act of stopping something from happening or of stopping someone from ...
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strategy
noun
uk/ˈstræt.ə.dʒi/us/ˈstræt̬.ə.dʒi/
a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for ...
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First, we must ensure that thepreventionstrategyhas a sufficient impact on proximal and distal variables to make the experimental manipulation successful.
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Apreventionstrategymay be allergen specific (antigen avoidance) or non-specific (environmental effect).
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Our data also suggest increased provision of material and psychosocial resources for these poor families living in underresourced neighborhoods, or a selectivepreventionstrategy.
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The goal of this research was to examine the effects of a family-centeredpreventionstrategyon deviant peer affiliation.
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It also seems to be uncommon for countries to have a specificpreventionstrategy.
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Therefore, whilst vaccination is a usefulpreventionstrategy, effective surveillance and early control measures, such as rapid diagnosis, isolation protocols and antiviral therapy may be required.
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In order to allow timely and reliable epidemiological management andpreventionstrategywe advocate moving from passive to active surveillance when outbreaks or clusters of meningococcal disease are suspected.
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Is there a rationalpreventionstrategy?
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That is why it is a critically important part of ourpreventionstrategy.
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That relationship would be right and would make the crimepreventionstrategyin the capital and in the rest of the country work far better.
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We do not collect information on how many primary care trusts have adopted an osteoporosispreventionstrategy.
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We have been paying particular attention tothe national drugpreventionstrategy.
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If that is not part of the homelessnesspreventionstrategy, it should be.
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Extra police on the streets can play a vital part in a cohesive crimepreventionstrategy.
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We also need to invest substantial sums to establish long-term action aimed at implementing a disasterpreventionstrategy.
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Increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables is the most effectivepreventionstrategyfor cancer after reducing smoking.
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They can make a contribution to community safety in general, especially as part of a wider crimepreventionstrategy.
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Preventing crime is as important as tackling its consequences and the concept of partnership is central to our crimepreventionstrategy.
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