Preventive medicine focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being, and to prevent disease, disability, and pre-mature death. The distinctive components of preventive medicine include: 1) Biostatistics and the application of biostatistical principles and methodology; 2) Epidemiology and its application to population-based medicine and research; 3) Health services management and administration including: developing, assessing, and assuring health policies; planning, implementing, directing, budgeting, and evaluating population health and disease management programs; and utilizing legislative and regulatory processes to enhance health; 4) Control of environmental factors that may adversely affect health; 5) Control and prevention of occupational factors that may adversely affect health safety; 6) Clinical preventive medicine activities, including measures to promote health and prevent the occurrence, progression, and disabling effects of disease and injury; and 7) Assessment of social, cultural, and behavioral influences on health. Preventative medicine is heavily involved in influencing public policy, public health, and designing health care systems to prevent and control the spread of diseases.
Association of American Medical Colleges. (2021). Careers in medicine: Preventative medicine. https://www.aamc.org/cim/explore-options/specialty-profiles/preventive-medicine
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Below are some of the suggested databases for locating scholarly articles pertaining to preventive care.
If you would like to see the full list of databases available to Touro students, click here. Once there, you can narrow your database options to ones most likely to contain information about preventative medicine by choosing Health Sciences in the drop down menu.
All of Touro's books can be found by searching the catalog (below, or where it says Catalog Find Print Books on the library homepage).
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The items below are just a sampling of the many titles available:
Health Education and Prevention by 
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice by 
Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health by Stay connected!
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