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Although there are a wide variety of interventions that may reduce the actual occurrence of a disease or disorder and thus in the most general sense are “preventive,” not all of these efforts are appropriately labeled as prevention. Primary prevention should be accorded its own unique status, and secondary prevention given the more descriptive and appropriate label of early intervention. Similarly, treatment also should be accorded the separate and unique status it requires, rather than simply being lumped as merely another form of prevention.
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Silverman, M.M. (2003). Theories of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. In: Gullotta, T.P., et al. Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0195-4_4
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