3. Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being
Main inclusion criteria
Research aimed at the primary prevention of disease, conditions or ill health, or promotion of well-being
Advice on research activities
This code group is for the promotion of health or primary prevention of diseases or conditions in healthy people or people without a pre-existing condition. These are frequently interventions.
Interventions aimed at individuals ‘at risk’ but who do not yet have a condition can be coded in this category
Includes policy, trial, education and evaluation studies that are aimed at health promotion or disease prevention.
Excludes secondary prevention research which will usually be covered in the 6 Treatment Evaluation or 7 Disease Management code groups.
Official terminology
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Full name of code |
Short name | Unique ID |
| 3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being | 3 Prevention |
HRCS_RAG_3 |
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Common Scientific Outline (CSO) – 3 Prevention
Summary of Prevention sub-codes
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being
Development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to modify personal or group behaviours and lifestyles affecting health and well-being including:
- risk behaviours associated with diet, tobacco use, physical activity, alcohol consumption, sexual health and substance misuse
- age, gender, cultural or religious practices
- public health policy, health communication and educational interventions
- behavioural, psychological, social and physical interventions
3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks
Development, implementation and evaluation of interventions surrounding physical, biological and environmental risk factors including:
- radiation, second-hand smoke, physical and chemical agents, occupational hazards and environmental surroundings
- contraceptive devices
- infectious agents
- policy, educational and physical interventions
3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention
Research on chemopreventative agents and health protective effects of nutrients including:
- development, characterisation and mechanism of action
- chemical contraceptives
- testing and evaluation in model systems and clinical, applied and community settings
- evaluation of evidence to inform policy
3.4 Vaccines
Research on vaccines for prevention of disease including:
- discovery, development and testing of vaccines and vaccination in model systems
- mechanism of action
- development, implementation and evaluation of vaccination programmes and studies to increase uptake
- decision making, outcomes from vaccination and evaluation of evidence to inform policy
3.5 Resources and infrastructure (prevention)
Development and/or distribution of resources for use by the research community including:
- equipment, cell lines, tissue and DNA banks
- infrastructure to support research trials, networks, consortia and centres