title: [Prevention in pediatrics].
abstract: Recent achievements in clinical research and progress in molecular biology and genetics have opened new perspectives in maintaining health and preventing disease. Due to its specialty, paediatrics may be particularly effective in utilizing these possibilities. Modern therapeutic procedures may themselves be preventive, in so far as they can ward off complications and late sequelae. In addition to application of new methods, physicians and district nurses dealing with children should go on with unchanged thoroughness in their traditionally successful preventive measures, such as infant care, vaccination, vitamin D prophylaxis, and others. Since health state of infancy and childhood have a significant influence on the quality of life in adulthood, support of paediatric health care and promoting a favourable social background for preventive activities will certainly have long-term advantages.
authors.affiliation: MTA-Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Klinikai Genetikai Kutatócsoport, Pécs.
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Méhes
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care