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The Electronic Prevention Services Selector
(ePSS) is an easy-to-use, hands-on tool designed to help healthcare
professionals quickly and easily identify the appropriate screening,
counseling, and preventive medical services for their patients based on
their age, sex, and certain behavioral risk factors.
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Preventive Care, also called "Preventive Medicine", simply refers to
steps taken to prevent disease. A few simple examples of preventive care
would be things like good hand washing and higiene habits, keeping
current with vaccinations, and good diet control. Preventive care has
proven to be effective in decreasing the mortality and morbidity of
disease all over the world.
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Which 'Preventive Care Recomendations'
are right for you?
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Enter your age in years.
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Select your sex (females, please
indicate if you are currently pregnant).
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Indicate whether or not you smoke
tobacco (If you were a smoker but quit within the past 10
years select 'Yes').
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Indicate whether or not you are
currently sexually active ('No' if you have been with 1
partner AND your current partner has only been with 1
partner for at least the past 10 years).
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Click on 'Search'. This will open a
new window that will take you to another web site.
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