An Ounce of Prevention: Deaths Averted From Primary Prevention Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The U.S. lags in the nationwide implementation of primary prevention interventions that have been shown to be efficacious. However, the potential population health benefit of widespread implementation of these primary prevention interventions remains unclear.

Methods

The meta-analytic literature from October 2013 to March 2014 of primary prevention interventions published between January 2000 and March 2014 was reviewed. The authors then estimated the number of deaths that could have been averted in the U.S. in 2010 if all rigorously studied, efficacious primary prevention interventions for which population attributable risk proportions could be estimated were implemented nationwide.

Results

A total of 372,054 (15.1%) of all U.S. deaths in 2010 would have

SUBMITTER: Hermosilla SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512568 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature