预防医学是医学门类的一个不可缺少,而且非常重要的组成部分,是为贯彻国家预防为主的卫生工作方针,实施预防保健战略而设置的一门学科。该学科应用现代医学及其它科学技术手段,研究人体健康与环境等因素之间的关系,制定疾病预防策略与措施,以达到控制疾病,保障人民健康,延长寿命之目的。随着医学模式的发展,该专业日益显出其在医学科学中的重要地位。
Preventive medicine, as an important component in the medicine science, is set for carrying out prevention-oriented health policies. Preventive medicine contributes to control disease, protect health and prolong the life by studying the relationship between health and environmental factors, setting up disease prevention strategies. Following the development of medicine model, preventive medicine shows more important roles among all medicine science.