Defining Prevention
This paper sets out how the Scottish Government Prevention Unit defines prevention
and provides guidance on how this is applied in practice.
Footnotes
1 Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy Delivering for Scotland.
2 Scotland's Population Health Framework - gov.scot
3 For case studies on preventative interventions in Scotland, see Learning from 25 years of Preventative Interventions in Scotland
4 Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy Delivering for Scotland.
5 For example see Scotland's Population Health Framework - gov.scot or Equally Safe: Scotland’s Strategy for Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls
6 Scottish Government Prevention Unit - Preventative Budgeting Tool
8 For example see The three levels of prevention - Public health approach to prevention - What we do and how we work - About us - Public Health Scotland
9 Equally Safe: Scotland’s Strategy for Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls
10 For example, the Welsh Government definition of the prevention levels Taking account of the Well-being of Future Generations Act in the budget process - Future Generations Wales
11 What Is Prevention In Health? | The King's Fund
12 Homelessness prevention in the UK: Policy briefing - Heriot-Watt Research Portal
13 Scotland’s Public Service Reform Strategy Delivering for Scotland.
14 The Heckman Curve - The Heckman Equation
16 Link to Preventative Budgeting Guidance when published
Contact
Email: PreventionUnit@gov.scot