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'''Mass screening''', more simply called screening, is defined in health care as "organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease."<ref name="title-Mass+Screening">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=Mass+Screening |title=Mass screening |accessdate=2007-12-06 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> The goal of screening is the ''primary prevention'', "the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations"<ref name="title-Primary+prevention">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=Primary+prevention |title=Primary prevention |accessdate=2007-12-06 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref>, of disease. | '''Mass screening''', more simply called screening, is defined in health care as "organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease."<ref name="title-Mass+Screening">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=Mass+Screening |title=Mass screening |accessdate=2007-12-06 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> The goal of screening is the ''primary prevention'', "the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations"<ref name="title-Primary+prevention">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=Primary+prevention |title=Primary prevention |accessdate=2007-12-06 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref>, of disease. | ||
==When is mass screening justified?== | |||
According to [[World Health Organization]] guidelines published in 1968:<ref name="Wilson-1968">{{cite web |url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/php/WHO_PHP_34.pdf |title=Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease |accessdate=2007-12-06 |author=Wilson JMG, Jungner G |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1968 |format=pdf |work= |publisher=Wolrd Health Organization |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> | |||
# The condition should be an important health problem. | |||
# There should be a treatment for the condition. | |||
# Facilities for diagnosis and treatment should be available. | |||
# There should be a latent stage of the disease. | |||
# There should be a test or examination for the condition. | |||
# The test should be acceptable to the population. | |||
# The natural history of the disease should be adequately understood. | |||
# There should be an agreed policy on who to treat. | |||
# The total cost of finding a case should be economically balanced in relation to medical expenditure as a whole. | |||
# Case-finding should be a continuous process, not just a "once and for all" project. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 6 December 2007
Mass screening, more simply called screening, is defined in health care as "organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease."[1] The goal of screening is the primary prevention, "the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations"[2], of disease.
When is mass screening justified?
According to World Health Organization guidelines published in 1968:[3]
- The condition should be an important health problem.
- There should be a treatment for the condition.
- Facilities for diagnosis and treatment should be available.
- There should be a latent stage of the disease.
- There should be a test or examination for the condition.
- The test should be acceptable to the population.
- The natural history of the disease should be adequately understood.
- There should be an agreed policy on who to treat.
- The total cost of finding a case should be economically balanced in relation to medical expenditure as a whole.
- Case-finding should be a continuous process, not just a "once and for all" project.
References
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Mass screening. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Primary prevention. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ↑ Wilson JMG, Jungner G (1968). Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease (pdf). Wolrd Health Organization. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.