"preventive behaviour" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to actions or measures taken to prevent something from happening. Example: "Regular hand-washing is an important preventive behaviour in reducing the spread of germs and diseases."
This model further proposes that information relevant to the personal practice of preventive behaviour, motivation to practice prevention and behavioural skills for practicing prevention effectively, are fundamental determinants of HIV/STI preventive behaviour [ 25].
This suggests that seasonal vaccination applied before the start of the epidemic, as an initial step towards prevention, had promoted preventive behaviour during the epidemic.
While knowledge is an important determinant to establish behavioural change, accurate knowledge may not lead to appropriate preventive behaviour.
A comprehensive study of the relationship between behavioural cognitions of parents of pre-adolescent children and overweight preventive behaviour is lacking.
The most important preventive behaviour in averting cancer is the avoidance of cigarette smoke.
The relationship between patients' beliefs and their secondary preventive behaviour was examined using regression analyses.
Respondents viewed the information as insufficient, with specific advice on preventive behaviour noticeably absent.
Conclusions: An illness perception approach did not prove helpful in predicting secondary preventive behaviour among this group of patients.
The present study was designed to evaluate the utility of illness perceptions and medication beliefs in predicting secondary preventive behaviour among patients with CHD.
A goal of preconception health research is to use preventive behaviour and healthcare to optimize the health of future offspring that result from both planned and unplanned pregnancies.
Public intervention can be here justified on three grounds: corrections for misperceptions of the survival process and for externalities related to individual preventive behaviour, and redistribution across both earnings and genetic dimensions.
