prevention strategies
Ways to forestall
Prevention strategies are planned approaches designed to stop something undesirable from occurring—disease, crime, accidents, or other harms.
The term appears frequently in public health, education, and policy contexts: The school implemented bullying prevention strategies.
Prevention strategies typically target root causes rather than symptoms, aiming to reduce risk before problems emerge.
- exercise programsOrganized physical activity plans
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- safety drillsPracticed emergency response procedures
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
disaster risk reduction · hygiene · wash your hands · public health education · epidemiology · harm reduction · nip it in the bud · risk factors · sanitation · quarantine · healthcare access · early intervention · see something say something · mask · test · early · warning · outbreak
prevention strategiesdamage control
Limiting further harm
crisis response · remediation · corrective action · cleanup efforts · treatment
prevention strategiessabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
reckless endangerment · provocation · instigation · facilitation · enablement
prevention strategiesimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · unpreparedness · negligence · inaction · fatalism