How To Prevent Disease And Protect Health

How Prevention Helps Preserve Autonomy, Reduce Vulnerabilities, And Avoid Harm

By Javier Montiel, Hermes Socraticus

Book code: 974379

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Healthy life, Health, Aging, Health and Fitness, Self-help

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Synopsis

What does prevention in health mean?

When should care begin?

How can silent risks be prevented from turning into loss of health in the future?

Health prevention is the foundation of a more protected, functional, and longer-lasting life. This book shows that prevention is not only about taking tests or avoiding specific diseases, but about organizing care rationally over time. In clear language, the book explains the difference between treating, monitoring, preventing, and promoting health, while also showing how risk, vulnerability, and protection accumulate across different stages of life.

Throughout the book, you will find key themes such as:

• risk and protective factors

• primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention

• screening and early diagnosis

• continuity of care and follow-up

• vaccination and collective protection

• prevention of chronic diseases

• limits and excesses of prevention

In longer-living societies, with a greater burden of chronic diseases and increasing use of health monitoring and health data, prevention has become a central axis of both individual and collective care.

This book is recommended for students, health-related professionals, and general readers who want to understand in a serious yet accessible way how prevention helps preserve health, autonomy, and future possibilities for life.

Features

Number of Pages 450
Edition 1 (2026)
Format A5 (148x210)
Binding Paperback with Flaps
Color Black and White
Paper Type Offset 80g
Language English

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Hermes Socraticus

Hermes Socraticus é um projeto editorial dedicado à compreensão dos conflitos, comportamentos e transformações que marcam a vida contemporânea.

Nossos livros exploram temas como comportamento humano, emoções, decisões, relações, sociedade, tecnologia, trabalho, identidade, espiritualidade e sentido. A proposta é investigar questões complexas com profundidade, mas sem transformar a leitura em um exercício acadêmico inacessível.

Cada obra parte de perguntas reais que atravessam diferentes áreas do conhecimento e da experiência humana, buscando compreender fenômenos, comportamentos e transformações que impactam a vida contemporânea.

A partir dessas questões, o projeto desenvolve análises claras, acessíveis e fundamentadas, aproximando psicologia, filosofia, comportamento, ciências humanas e problemas concretos da vida cotidiana.

Os livros do Hermes Socraticus são destinados a leitores que não procuram respostas prontas, mas desejam compreender melhor os mecanismos que influenciam suas escolhas, seus relacionamentos, seus conflitos e a sociedade em que vivem.

Mais do que oferecer conclusões simples, cada obra procura ampliar a compreensão do leitor e ajudá-lo a observar com mais clareza aquilo que muitas vezes acontece de forma silenciosa dentro de si e ao seu redor.

Hermes Socraticus: livros para compreender o comportamento humano, questionar o presente e enxergar com mais clareza a si mesmo e o mundo.

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