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A screenshot of Prevent, showing its multiple outputs,
including dynamic graphs.
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Description
Prevent has been around for a long time: its first
version, running on DOS, dates back to 1987. Since then many things have changed and have been added, but the basic idea has remained the same.
Prevent models multiple risk factors and the
relationships they have with multiple diseases. Users can specify risk factor interventions, and Prevent will then produce two projections: one with trends in disease incidence and risk factor
prevalence, and one with these same trends plus the intervention. The difference between the two then can be attributed to the intervention.
In addition to its role as a research tool, Prevent
also is a great tool for teaching. Its seamless integration of epidemiology and demography allows to illustrate the complex effects that result from their interplay. Extensive graphical output, including
many dynamic graphs that show developments over time, lets students explore these effects interactively.
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Features
Multiple risk factors, multiple diseases
Continuous and categorical risk factor distributions
Lag times between risk factor change and change in disease risk
Diseases can be risk factors for other diseases
Fully dynamic population model
Output on disease specific and general level
Extensive graphical output, with simultaneous dynamic graphs
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Product Summary
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Prevent is a multiple risk factor, multiple disease dynamic population model that allows the user to evaluate the benefits of risk factor
interventions.
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Price: Free
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While Prevent is free, it is not freely available.
Please contact us about availability.
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Eurocadet
The European Union funded Eurocadet project has been
using Prevent to make projections of future cancer incidence in Europe, including estimates of how much of this incidence can be prevented.
See the Eurocadet website.
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