Application of Preventive Medicine in Traffic Medicine

Abstract

In the study of traffic medicine, readers need to have a basic understanding of the meaning, boundaries, and branch of preventive medicine as well as concepts and theories associated with preventive medicine, which forms the basis of traffic medicine in order to be able to choose the best principles for treating any health issues. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of local and international preventive medicine works, various branches of preventive medicine, and the main theories of the nature history of disease, preventive strategies, epidemiologic triad, and spectrum of prevention as well as the applications in traffic medicine. It then provides knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of preventive medicine, which is the foundation for higher education in traffic medicine.