title: Put prevention into practice: implementing preventive care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
abstract: Delivery rates for many preventive services are low in the U.S., often falling below 50%. Many factors contribute to this shortcoming, a number of which are within the control of the practicing clinician. This section discusses two important aspects of the delivery of clinical preventive services--establishing a preventive care protocol and implementing it in practice--and reviews basic principles of screening, immunization, and counseling. The references serve as a basic bibliography on the implementation of preventive services in primary care settings.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Dickey
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kamerow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008403:Mass Screening; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011322:Primary Prevention