Citizens & patients toolbox
What is Personalised Prevention
In this Section we highlight what Personalised Prevention is and how it could help prevent chronic diseases diseases in a timely, effective and equitable way. Prevention often addresses environment and behaviour, however, personalized approaches may include targeted interventions that also consider biological information, such as genetics and other biomarkers, demographics, and health conditions. Making personalised prevention accessible to all means that citizens and patients need to be well-informed, supported, and able to take active steps for their own health management.
Examples of Personalised Prevention
In this Section we provide promising examples of personalized prevention including genetic testing for hereditary cancer and pharmacogenomics to adjust medication and dosage to a person’s genetic profile.
Communication and educational materials from PROPHET
- Discover the PROPHET project (flyer)
- EU Patient's Podcast - Project Spotlight: PROPHET project (Episode 1)
- EU Patient's Podcast - Project Spotlight: PROPHET project (Episode 2)
- ACN podcast on personalised prevention (Italian)
- Video: Learn more about patients and citizens engagement in prevention (PROPHET coffee talks #4)
- PROPHET First Online informative session on "Right to Innovation: understanding personalised prevention" (in Italian)
- PROPHET Second Online informative session on "Right to Innovation: understanding personalised prevention in Europe" (in English)
- European patients rights day 2026 (coming soon)
- Lay Language Factsheet#1: "Concept and levels"
- Lay Language Factsheet#2: "Understanding clinical utility"
- Lay Language Factsheet#3: "Mapping review"
- Lay Language Factsheet#4: "PROPHET Framework"
- Lay Language Factsheet#5: "Engaging citizens and patients in personalised prevention"
- Webinars (EUPHA, Open days) (coming soon)