Preventive Measures - Promoting Health and Wellness

Preventive measures refer to actions taken to prevent or reduce the occurrence of diseases, injuries, or other health conditions.

Preventive Measures FAQ

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What are preventive measures?

Preventive measures range from: testing, contact tracing systems and vaccination programmes implemented by health authorities; personal protective measures, such as cleaning hands and physical distancing or wearing masks; to the rules applied to businesses and educational institutions.

How do preventive measures affect health?

More and more studies show the impacts of a range of preventive measures, such as regularly cleaning hands, maintaining a physical distance from others, wearing masks, and ventilation. Each of these measures is important on their own, but when used together with other measures, including vaccination, their impact is multiplied.

Are personal protective measures effective infection prevention measures?

Personal protective measures were proven to be effective infection prevention measures long before the current pandemic. For example, the last flu season saw a minimal circulation of the flu virus due to the application of personal protective measures.

What are the basics of disease prevention?

That said, the basics of disease prevention actually aren't complicated. A good source is the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which bases health-preserving recommendations on the evaluation of scientific literature on which health care, health screenings, and healthy living guidelines really work.