tertiary prevention

collocation in English

meaningsoftertiaryandprevention

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tertiary
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.ʃər.i/us
/ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i/
formal
relating to a third level ...
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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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Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primary, secondary, andtertiaryprevention.
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It consists of ten strategies that are implemented based on temporality, that is pre-event strategies (primary prevention), event strategies (secondary prevention), and post-event strategies (tertiaryprevention).
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Unlike secondary prevention, which aims to prevent disability, the objective oftertiarypreventionis to maximize the remaining capabilities and functions of an already disabled patient.
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Using a narrative review approach, we apply a public health framework to organize intervention programs into primary, secondary, andtertiarypreventionstrategies.
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The needs of carers and their role as 'experts' are addressed adequately and primary, secondary andtertiarypreventionare all discussed.
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The decision was made, in consultation with the working group, to exclude these articles since they were dealing withtertiaryprevention, following the definitions.
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Such interventions could involve not only more traditional secondary andtertiaryprevention, that is, after syndrome or symptom onset, but also the possibility of primary preventive measures as well.
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Even so, secondary andtertiarypreventionare extremely valuable approaches that have the benefit of yielding ready measures of activities to be counted for organizational purposes.
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These encompass approaches at the primary, secondary, andtertiarypreventionlevels.
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Unfortunately, now we are mainly dealing withtertiaryprevention.
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If we get good primary protection and good secondary prevention, we shall be able to get larger sums allocated totertiaryprevention.
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There is too muchtertiaryprevention.
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Tertiarypreventionreduces the negative impact of an already established disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications.
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Until recently, this approach has been relatively neglected in the field, with the majority of resources directed towards secondary ortertiaryprevention.
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Hip fracture prevention strategies can be broken up into components of primary, secondary, andtertiaryprevention.
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Not only primary prevention is important, but also secondary andtertiarypreventionare critical for improving maternal health outcomes in this stage.
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They have been used in secondary andtertiaryprevention.
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Tertiarypreventionincludes treatments to prevent the recurrence of liver cancer.
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