Possible prevention approaches for complex health promotion interventions

Abstract

Background: The efficiency of prevention programs can be different depending on population or high-risk focus. Because of this, it is important to distinguish and recognize the potential advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches. The aim of this paper is to present the diverse population and high-risk strategies and examine their applicability to maximize health benefits. Method: an overview of prevention strategies focusing on the population, high-risk, individuals and different social groups, based on national and international databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Medline) and literature.Results: Health promotion has many different approaches depending on the interventions used. Therefore, we can determine different approaches, such as high-risk, settings based, population and sub-population strategies. Conclusion: To maximize health benefits of the population and different social groups, we need to design and apply interventions with a focus on individuals, different social groups, high-risk and population strategies.