Evidence-based guidelines for stroke/TIA prevention identify individuals eligible for preventative interventions in primary care.
For instance, the US by the Preventive Services Task Force ranked a list of clinical preventative interventions based on their cost-effectiveness and clinical preventable burden [35, 36].
There are real concerns that deaths from malaria may rise due to the breakdown in delivery of preventative interventions and because patients will not seek treatment as they shun clinics for fear of being infected with Ebola.
"Over the next five years, we will invest more than £16bn in local government public health services, in addition to what the NHS will continue to spend on vaccinations, screening and other preventative interventions".
"Unfortunately, this country doesn't have a great track record of investing in preventative interventions that are clearly shown to reduce the ultimate cost to society," she wrote.
This research has implications for the design of preventative interventions for at-risk families.
There is thus a need for transdiagnostic, student-specific preventative interventions that can be widely disseminated.
Preventative interventions need to target young prisoners who have not commenced 'careers' of polydrug use, and particularly IDU.
Given low back pain is already prevalent before commencing employment, nursing students should be the target of preventative interventions.
To date, evidence would support preventative interventions that encourage physical activity and a healthy diet, restrict sedentary activities and offer behavioural support.
The LUCAS study design (individual trajectories [Fig. 1] since 2000 with embedded RCTs) revealed unexpected findings leading to appropriate preventative interventions (BMBF01ET1002A).
