Health promotion and disease prevention in the emergency department.
Title
Health promotion and disease prevention in the emergency department.
Creator
Stiffler Kirk A; Gerson Lowell W
Publisher
Emergency medicine clinics of North America
Date
2006
2006-11
Description
This article provides an overview of health promotion and disease and injury prevention concepts. It provides an emergency medicine perspective and reviews approaches that can be used in the emergency department. It discusses examples of innovative emergency medicine-based preventive activities including prevention in the prehospital setting. This article ends with a discussion of the importance of a system approach to prevention and suggests a role for a preventionist as a new member of the emergency medicine team.
Subject
*Emergency Medical Services; Cause of Death/trends; Emergency Service; Health Behavior; Health Promotion/*methods; Hospital/*organization & administration/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Preventive Health Services/*organization & administration
Identifier
Rights
Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s).
Citation
Stiffler Kirk A; Gerson Lowell W, “Health promotion and disease prevention in the emergency department.,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 29, 2025, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/3559.