Public health professionals refer to three levels of prevention as tied to specific stages in the:
1. Epidemiologic triangle
2. Web of causation
3. Natural history of disease
4. Surveillance process
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The natural history of disease is the course of the disease process from onset to resolution. The three levels of prevention provide a framework commonly used in public health practice to depict this process.
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