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El cansancio en la prevención

English translation: prevention weariness

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Spanish term or phrase:el cansancio en la prevención
English translation:prevention weariness
Entered by: María Eugenia Wachtendorff

03:29 Feb 28, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo de España
Spanish term or phrase: El cansancio en la prevención
Hola colisteros,

Esta frase viene de un documento del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo de España. El documento se trata de un plan frente a la infección por VIH y el sida y la frase se encuentra en esta entorno: Por supuesto nos enfrentamos a muchos retos. El cansancio en la prevención, el repunte en la incidencia que se está produciendo en países vecinos, el retraso en el diagnóstico....

Pienso que podría ser "The weariness of prevention" pero como no soy hablante nativa de español no sé si lo capto bien. Agradezco todo tipo de ayuda. Gracias de antemano.
KALJ
prevention weariness
Explanation:
The medias hindering hand / Sex, drugs and super-virus / Volume 14 ...
The heart of the matter is to decide whether it is preferable to take on the prevention weariness within the gay community by bringing back messages based ...
v2.eatg.org/Publications/...14-I.../The-medias-hindering-hand - Cached
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 05:36
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias María. Creo que "prevention weariness" será la traducción más directa y simple.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Prevention fatigue
Evans (X)
4 +1prevention weariness
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
4The lack of due diligence in prevention
Matthew Fuzzey
3a slackening in preventive measures
Robert Forstag
3exhaustive prevention measures
Cynthia Coan


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The lack of due diligence in prevention


Explanation:
The lack of due diligence in prevention which means people are not taking care of themselves. I believe this is what "El cansancio en la prevención" is implying.


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/due%20diligence
Matthew Fuzzey
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
prevention weariness


Explanation:
The medias hindering hand / Sex, drugs and super-virus / Volume 14 ...
The heart of the matter is to decide whether it is preferable to take on the prevention weariness within the gay community by bringing back messages based ...
v2.eatg.org/Publications/...14-I.../The-medias-hindering-hand - Cached

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 05:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias María. Creo que "prevention weariness" será la traducción más directa y simple.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Yes, people get fed up with the same old messages and their effect is undermined.
2 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Prevention fatigue


Explanation:
This is the equivalent expression used in English.

One example among many:

"HIV Prevention Fatigue Among High-Risk Populations in San Francisco"

http://journals.lww.com/jaids/fulltext/2004/04010/hiv_preven...


Evans (X)
Local time: 10:36
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FVS (X)
27 mins
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agree  Simon Bruni
1 hr
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agree  Charles Davis
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agree  bcsantos
5 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a slackening in preventive measures


Explanation:
Admittedly, not a lot of references for this phrase (see one below) but it does seem to capture the phenomenon of reference. Although "cansancio" is used in Spanish, I think the issue is less "fatigue" per say than a "drift" or "slackening" over time as a result of a decrease in perceived danger.

Suerte.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-02-28 10:14:17 GMT)
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irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/1996/0716/96071600132.html

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 05:36
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 269
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
exhaustive prevention measures


Explanation:
Are we sure we can rule out this other alternative meaning? For example of something like exhaustive measures, see below sample sentence from Gran Diccionario Oxford entry for "cansancio."

Example sentence(s):
  • "Se lo repitió hasta el cansancio = she repeated it over and over again until she was blue in the face."
Cynthia Coan
United States
Local time: 02:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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