La prevención en salud: posibilidad y realidad

introduction: prior studies demonstrate that disease prevention yet it is not to be worthy of the expectancies, mainly concerning actions of psychological guidances developed by health professionals. objective: to think about the necessity of perfecting the preventive chore of the health professionals. methods: to reflect on the need of improve the preventive tasks of health professionals. conclusions: in health professionals there is a favorable attitude to diseases prevention, but it is necessary a greater and better training in the social sciences contributions to medical and health sciences. recommendations: to redefine the concept of prevention of illnesses in the light of the accumulated knowledge and the experiences developed in the social sciences.