PREVENTION

Prevention



Prevention

Introduction

In recent years the health system has had significant changes aimed strengthening the Comprehensive Health Care, based on the strategy Primary Care, who came to change the target of health care, shifting the priority attention to health promotion and disease prevention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one of the instruments for the promotion health and preventive action for health education, which also addresses the transmission of information, fostering motivation, personal skills and self-esteem necessary to take measures to improve health. Education health includes not only information on the social, economic and underlying environmental impact on health, but also ...