The phrase 'prevent situations' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about taking steps to stop something from happening or to avoid an undesirable outcome. For example: "We need to take measures to prevent situations from escalating."
Experts suggest figuring out ways to prevent situations that make you most prone to yell.
"We must try to prevent situations where we have only two bleak choices: confrontation or capitulation, 1914 or 1938".
One positive outcome of the case is that perhaps more people will create living wills to prevent situations like this one.
The rules seek to prevent situations in which auditors have an incentive to skew their reports to make the advice they had provided look more impressive.
The agencies' move is part of their continuing efforts to strengthen the financial system and prevent situations where taxpayer-financed bailouts might be required.
Panic disorder, anxiety disorder characterized by repeated panic attacks that leads to persistent worry and avoidance behaviour in an attempt to prevent situations that could precipitate an attack.
The experts, appointed by Secretary General Kofi Annan, urged that more effort go into preventing situations from becoming crises -- not waiting for instructions from the Security Council.
This includes ensuring confidential interviews are carried out with workers, and preventing situations in which companies are able to cover up abuses as soon as they know an inspection is imminent.
This need not mean that they caused the poverty, for people may be responsible for (improving or preventing) situations that they have not themselves caused.
At this stage it is normal to think about how you could have done things differently, how you could have prevented situations and made your marriage work.
The situation resulted in activity avoidance to prevent unbearable situations of being exhausted afterwards.
