Family Medicine — Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Preventive Medicine
Family Medicine · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Epistemología de la Medicina Familiar, análisis de determinantes de salud, modelos conductuales trans-teóricos, inmunización avanzada, cribado oncológico y metabólico por ciclo vital bajo criterios de medicina basada en la evidencia (USPSTF/PAPPS), prevención cuaternaria y herramientas del abordaje familiar sistémico.
What it covers
- Conceptual Foundations of Promotion and Prevention
- · Historical Evolution of Public Health Frameworks
- · Operational Differences in Clinical Practice
- Leavell, Clark and Jamoulle Prevention Models
- · Jamoulle Matrix: Crossroads between Patient Perception and Medical Judgment
- Health Psychology and Behavior Change Models
- · Transtheoretical Model of Change (Prochaska and DiClemente)
- · Other Theoretical Reference Models
- Screening Epidemiology and Statistical Analysis
- · Wilson and Jungner Criteria (WHO, 1968) — The Gold Standard
- · Mathematical Epidemiology of Screening Tests
- · Epidemiological Biases in the Evaluation of Screening
- Clinical Screening Protocols by Life Cycle (USPSTF/PAPPS)
- · 1. Screening in Childhood and Adolescence (0 to 18 years)
- · 2. Screening in Young and Middle Adults (18 to 64 years)
- · 3. Screening in the Elderly (≥65 years)
- Preventable Infections: Advanced Immunology and Vaccinology
- · Immunological Basis of Vaccination
- · Modern Vaccinology Technological Platforms
- · Vaccination Protocols in Special Guests (High Risk)
- Promotion of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health
- · Calculation of Global Cardiovascular Risk vs. Isolated Factors
- · Scientific Prescription of Lifestyles (The FITT-VP Approach)
- Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention and Screening
- · Primary Cancer Prevention: Smoking Cessation
- · Controversies in Cancer Screening: Prostate Cancer
- Mental Health, Prevention of Addictive Behaviors and Suicide
- · Systematic Depression Screening in Primary Care
- · Screening for Risky Alcohol Consumption (The SBIRT Methodology)
- · Suicide Prevention in the Clinical Encounter
- Family Medicine and Community Health (APOC)
- · Methodological Phases of an APOC Project
- · Social Determinants of Health (SDH) — WHO Approach
- Preventive Medicine in Vulnerable and High Risk Populations
- · 1. The Frail Elderly Patient
- · 2. Addressing Vulnerable Groups
- Quaternary Prevention, Iatrogenics and Deprescription
- · The Cascade of Prescription and Pharmacological Yatrogenesis
- · Clinical Tools for Systemic Deprescribing
- · Safe Deprescription Algorithm Example: Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
- Systemic Family Approach Tools
- · Clinical Instruments of the Family Approach
- · Impact of Family Dynamics on Prevention
- Future Challenges, Digital Health and Precision Medicine
The complete study guide is in the app
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- Subject
- Family Medicine
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 44
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02