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2010 Florida Statutes
Definitions relating to Healthy Communities, Healthy People Act.
Definitions relating to Healthy Communities, Healthy People Act.
—As used in ss. 381.732-381.734, the term:
“Department” means the Department of Health.
“Primary prevention” means interventions directed toward healthy populations with a focus on avoiding disease before it occurs.
“Secondary prevention” means interventions designed to promote the early detection and treatment of diseases and to reduce the risks experienced by at-risk populations.
“Tertiary prevention” means interventions directed at rehabilitating and minimizing the effects of disease in a chronically ill population.
s. 108, ch. 92-33; s. 2, ch. 98-224; s. 74, ch. 99-8; s. 196, ch. 99-13; s. 194, ch. 2010-102.
Former s. 408.603.