title: Prevention policy: perspectives on the critical interaction between research and policy.
abstract: Prevention researchers should join political and professional efforts to maximize coverage for validated preventive services and programs as part of health care reform. We have a useful framework from Healthy People 2000, the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, and preventive clinical trials. We must anticipate the clinical and community-based questions for which prevention research can provide needed answers. Cancer prevention trials, serum cholesterol and prostate-specific antigen screening, prevention of Helicobacter-related diseases, and comprehensive health promotion strategies for older adults are excellent examples of policy-laden research challenges. To assure future prevention research capability, we must invest in training in epidemiology, biostatistics, behavioral, environmental, and health services research.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Omenn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen