[From information to prevention].
Primary prevention of the most frequent and most lethal health disorders (cancer, cardiovascular disease, accidents) focuses mainly on changing at-risk behaviors, but this cannot be achieved simply by distributing information. Factors that subtend changes in individual behavior must also be taken into account, along with people's cultural, social, physical and economic environment. Thus, health prevention campaigns will be more effective if they reinforce the capacity to control determinants of individual and public health. Such campaigns must therefore include multiple strategies aimed at changing both the social context and people's lifestyle values.
Sancho-Garnier
Hélène
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Département prévention, CRLC 34928 Montpellier cedex 5.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors