Primary Prevention

UPDATED 01 APRIL 2026

Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) promotes protective factors and reduces risk factors among individuals, within relationships, and within organizations, through policies, programs, and practices. The Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce (IPPW) focuses on risk and protective factors that impact two or more harmful behaviors.

While prevention and response are both necessary to decrease the impact of harm and violence in our military community, prevention is the best way to ensure future harm and violence never occur.

Primary Prevention activities include the policies, programs, practices, and processes that aim to prevent self-directed harm such as suicide and substance misuse, or other prohibited abusive or harmful acts like sexual assault, domestic violence, and harassment before they ever occur. The Navy’s Integrated Primary Prevention strategy leverages public health and preventive models that include comprehensive, data-driven, and research-informed prevention efforts.

Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce

The IPPW is being phased in across the Navy to work with leaders in countering harmful behaviors that have negative impacts on operational readiness for our fighting force.

The new IPPW:

• Is staffed with skilled professionals
• Promotes the health of their military community
• Partners with leaders to change policies and implement prevention activities
• Enables the Navy’s Total Sailor: Fit to Fight framework

Quick Links

Contact Us: opnav-ippw@us.navy.mil

Primary Prevention Websites

• OPNAV N170D Primary Prevention SharePoint
• CNIC Integrated Primary Prevention
• DOD Integrated Primary Prevention

Resources

• N-CIPP Plan Instructions – v1.3 – 9 Dec 2025

• IPPW Credentialing and Training Requirements
• Interim Command Resilience Team (CRT) Training

Guidance

• DoDI 6400.09 DoD Policy on Integrated Primary Prevention of Self-Directed Harm and Prohibited Abuse or Harm

• DoDI 6400.11 DoD Integrated Primary Prevention Policy for Prevention Workforce and Leaders
• ​SECNAV Memo Setting a New Course for Navy Quality of Service
• NAVADMIN 163/25 Calendar Year 2025 Command Climate Assessments

• NAVADMIN 256/24 Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce​