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Primordial
prevention deals with underlying conditions leading to exposure to causative
factors. The target of this approach is either the total population or
selected groups from the population. It aims to modify the conditions that
generate and structure the unequal distribution of health damaging
exposures, susceptibilities and health protective resources among the
population. The purpose of primary prevention is to limit the incidence of
disease by controlling causes and risk factors. It involves two strategies
that are often complementary and reflect two views of etiology. It can focus
on the whole population with the aim of reducing average risk (the
population strategy) or on people at high risk as a result of specific
exposure (the high-risk individual strategy). |
