Put prevention into practice: implementing preventive care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Delivery rates for many preventive services are low in the U.S., often falling below 50%. Many factors contribute to this shortcoming, a number of which are within the control of the practicing clinician. This section discusses two important aspects of the delivery of clinical preventive services--establishing a preventive care protocol and implementing it in practice--and reviews basic principles of screening, immunization, and counseling. The references serve as a basic bibliography on the implementation of preventive services in primary care settings.

Published by Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 1994. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.1994.tb00950.x