NGR 6638 Health Promotion Module 1-3: Midterm 2024 Review || with 100% Error-free Answers

What is primordial prevention? correct answers - works to eliminate predisposing risk factors such as environmental controls, maternal deprivation or illiteracy. - Avoiding the development of risk factors and/or stopping the appearance of risk factors - Individual and mass education, whole population through public health policies - no smoking in restaurants/government buildings, etc What is primary prevention? correct answers - Reduce risk factors, prevent disease well before it develops. - Immunizations, routine consultations/primary care advice - whole population-selected groups & healthy people What is secondary prevention? correct answers - uses screening procedures to detect and treat serious disease as soon as possible. - primary risk factor reduction for those at risk of chronic diseases, falls, injury - Involves screening asymptomatic individuals for a disease to detect it early, and with early intervention achieve a better outcome than with later detection and treatment. What is tertiary prevention? correct answers - Aimed at stopping the progress of established disease. - Rehabilitative therapies and monitoring of health to prevent complications or further illness, injury, or disability - For example, after a heart attack, a patient may undergo cardiac rehabilitation to prevent a relapse Examples of Primary Prevention correct answers - youth violence - personal safety (encouraging the use of seatbelts, bike helmets) - disease prevention (counseling about safer sex practices, sunscreen, vaccinations, chemoprophylaxis) - healthy lifestyle (exercise, diet)