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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on September 24, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(1):31-34; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm089
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Editorial: Prevention in Child Health Psychology and the Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Kenneth P. Tercyak, PhD

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, WA, USA

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kenneth P. Tercyak, PhD, Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 4100, District of Columbia, Washington 20007-4104, WA, USA. E-mail: tercyakk@georgetown.edu.

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   Statement of Purpose
 
Prevention science is a cornerstone of the field of public health. Consistent with that view, it is a science seeking to reduce and avoid the development of illness and lifestyle-related health risks (Institute of Medicine, 2002Go). Prevention is sometimes defined by where its activities take place in the illness process, and at other times by the level of risk in the population of interest. When defined by the illness process, three levels of prevention are commonly referred to. These levels are primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Primary prevention emphasizes prevention activities taking place prior to the onset of illness, secondary prevention emphasizes prevention activities taking place among those at risk for illness (e.g., enhancing opportunities to prevent illness progression), and tertiary prevention emphasizes prevention . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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   Child Health Psychology
 

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