About Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition
Our Mission: Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition is committed to connecting efforts for safety and
health with a primary focus on alcohol, substance use, & suicide prevention and awareness.
Our Vision: Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition strives to educate and empower the community to
make positive lifestyle choices regarding overall wellness.
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Prevention is a broad category and there can be many different types of prevention. For example, there is community-wide health related prevention, crime prevention, safety prevention and the list goes on.
The CDC lists three types of prevention, Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary. The type of prevention that we focus on within the Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition is Primary Prevention. Primary Prevention is Defined as intervening before health effects occur, through measures such as vaccinations, altering risky behaviors (poor eating habits,