Home›Chronic Disease Prevention Program›Program Kind›Health Screening ProgramPracticeHealth Screening ProgramScreening PracticeReference and ClassificationDevelopingAn organized effort to test an asymptomatic population for early signs of a disease, such as cancer or high blood pressure, so it can be treated before it progresses. Screening programs are subject to an ongoing debate over overdiagnosis, weighing the benefit of early detection against the harm of unnecessary treatment for conditions that would never have caused symptoms.FactsHealth Screening ProgramConnectionsSourcesOpen Questions (1 open question)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsClassificationPractice ClassWell-attestedPreventive or Public Health Practice 1Practice ClassWell-attestedPreventive care 1Health Screening ProgramFilter Results13 entriesGeographic ScopeAllAfrica (1)Asia (3)India (2)Iran (1)North America (2)Sri Lanka (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Where (Country)AllAfrica (1)Asia (3)India (2)Iran (1)North America (2)Sri Lanka (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Era (Launch Year)All1950 (1)1975 (1)1991 (1)2008 (2)2010 (2)2011 (1)2016 (1)2018 (1)StatusAllOngoing (10)Target PopulationAllAll (1)Health GoalAllBehaviour (1)Eradication (1)Reduction (4)Sponsoring BodyAllNational Health Service (1)United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1)Associated WithAllPreventive Care (11)Public Health (1)Disease or Condition AddressedAllCancer (2)Cardiovascular Disease (3)Chronic Kidney Disease (1)Diabetes Mellitus (2)Stroke (1)Type 2 Diabetes (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13CDC WISEWOMAN ProgramHealth Screening ProgramEgypt 100 Million Healthy Lives InitiativeHealth Screening ProgramIndia National Cancer Control ProgrammeHealth Screening ProgramIndia National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and StrokeHealth Screening ProgramIran IraPEN ProgramHealth Screening ProgramJapan Specific Health Checkup and Guidance ProgramHealth Screening ProgramNational Diabetes Prevention ProgramHealth Screening ProgramNational Kidney FoundationHealth Screening ProgramNHS Health CheckHealth Screening ProgramPhilippines PhilPEN ProgramHealth Screening ProgramSri Lanka Healthy Lifestyle Centres ProgrammeHealth Screening ProgramVietnam National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2015-2025Health Screening ProgramWorld Diabetes DayHealth Screening ProgramConnectionsAssociated WithBody Mass Index, Concepts Well-attested ConnectedBody Mass Index is a standard measure used in routine health screening programs.Newborn Screening, Practices Well-attested Source MedlinePlus: Newborn ScreeningSecondary Prevention, Concepts Well-attested ConnectedScreening asymptomatic populations for early disease is a textbook example of secondary prevention.Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Sitetier 1In BranchPreventive Care, Branches Well-attested Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Sitetier 1Open QuestionsWhen did organized periodic health screening of asymptomatic populations begin as an institutional practice?, Open Questions Well-attested Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Sitetier 1Practice Delivered By ProgramCambodia 100% Condom Use Programme, Public Health Programs Well-attested CDC WISEWOMAN Program, Public Health Programs Well-attested DOTS-Plus MDR-TB Treatment Strategy, Public Health Programs Well-attested Egypt 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative, Public Health Programs Well-attested India National Cancer Control Programme, Public Health Programs Well-attested India National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke, Public Health Programs Well-attested India Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, Public Health Programs Well-attested Iran IraPEN Program, Public Health Programs Well-attested Japan Specific Health Checkup and Guidance Program, Public Health Programs Well-attested National Diabetes Prevention Program, Public Health Programs Well-attested National Kidney Foundation, Public Health Programs Well-attested NHS Health Check, Public Health Programs Well-attested Philippines PhilPEN Program, Public Health Programs Well-attested South Africa National Tuberculosis Programme, Public Health Programs Well-attested South Africa Ward-Based Outreach Team Programme, Public Health Programs Well-attested Sri Lanka Healthy Lifestyle Centres Programme, Public Health Programs Well-attested Vietnam National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2015-2025, Public Health Programs Well-attested World Diabetes Day, Public Health Programs Well-attested Sources1. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official Sitetier 1US Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProgram classification, entity description sentenceAn organized effort to test an asymptomatic population for early signs of a disease, such as cancer or high blood pressure, so it can be treated before it progresses.In Branch: Preventive CareAssociated With: Secondary PreventionView the SourceMedlinePlus: Newborn ScreeningNational Library of MedicineAssociated With: Newborn Screening, Summary, screening framingView the SourceOpen Questions (1 open question)When did organized periodic health screening of asymptomatic populations begin as an institutional practice?Accounts differ on the founding moment: one traces organized periodic screening to the Life Extension Institute, formed in the United States in 1913; another dates its annual-examination program to 1914; still others point to individual physicians recommending periodic examinations decades earlier. No single year is treated as canonical across sources.What would resolve this A history-of-medicine source that traces the specific institutional and professional-society record (AMA recommendations, insurance-industry practice, the Life Extension Institute's own founding documents) closely enough to fix a defensible first year, rather than a secondary account repeating an approximate date.History of medicine, public health historyUnited States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official SiteComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.