Preventive Care – Protecting Your Health Starts With You

Preventive care is getting the right kinds of preventive health services—screenings, counseling, immunizations, and preventive medicine—at the right times. It’s about protecting your health by knowing what you need and when to get it. Preventive care focuses on staying well. In fact, many of us only think of health care when we’re ill or treating a disease. In other words, being reactive to our health, rather than managing it.

Preventive care is also about knowing if you’re at risk for developing a certain disease or chronic condition (i.e., heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.) that may be based on your family history, tobacco use and other lifestyle behaviors, such as a lack of physical activity or imbalanced nutrition. Preventive care extends to many areas of our lives and early detection is key. It’s imperative to be aware, be proactive and be healthy.