Primordial Prevention

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The first level of prevention is known as primordial prevention. This level of prevention deals preventing the causes rather than treating them. Primordial prevention is known as the prevention of risk factors themselves. These changes can impact social environment immensely and these risk factors are generally implicated for adolescents, high risk children, and young adults. Prevention at a young age can lead to a healthier population at a later stage of life. The concept of primordial prevention came about in 1978 by Strasser, Strasser suggested this to remove or limit the risk factors before they ever become a major risk [reference, Labarthe 2009]. For example Smoking, it may not have a major impact on an individual early on but in time,

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