"counteract risk" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the idea of minimizing or reducing the chances of something undesirable happening. For example: "Educating workers on safety procedures is one way to counteract risk in the workplace."
This finding may be due in part to the limited understanding of whether the amount of perceived social support would be enough to counteract risk factors associated with sexual risk behavior and substance use in this population.
In it, the GAO concluded that despite increased efforts to assess and counteract risk, airport security remained largely vulnerable and/or untested.
To counteract risk of type I error, Bonferroni corrections are commonly applied to the cut-point for statistical significance, but this increases the risk of accepting incorrect null hypotheses (type II error).
As some diseases or risk factors for disease are more common within specific ethnic groups, for example overweight and diabetes mellitus [ 31, 32], pet ownership has the potential to counteract risk factors in these groups, via health promoting behaviours such as increased physical activity [ 33] and/or emotional support [ 1].
Such a methodology can detect and counteract risks that occur during the shift of the alignment of agricultural production.
(Midwife 9) The younger women were described as "living on the net" and seeking information there to become informed about dietary recommendations and how to best counteract risks for their babies.
Greater understanding of the way in which stigmatisation can occur in genetic conditions, including testing, is important in developing strategies to counteract risks, including counselling, informed consent and disclosure processes.
Social support is shown to increase resilience and can counteract the risk factors like poverty or a history of neglect.
Heart disease is a very big issue for me because my father died of it but I have been increasing my aerobic activity, going to the gym and doing things like that to counteract that risk.
She also said that it could be harder for entrepreneurs with little previous business experience or an unconventional background to attract investment, and that in the past three years she has taken on a strong team of advisers to counteract the risk associated with being a sole founder.
The fear of a drop in demand in Europe's economic powerhouse has increased support for policies such as negative interest rates or quantitative easing being used to counteract the risk of a damaging slowdown.However, launching unconventional monetary policies could still prove problematic.
