Community Health Nursing Midterm

Community Health Nursing Midterm What is an example of Tertiary prevention? a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease b. Process of empowering people to increase control c. Seeking to detect disease early in its progression d. Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of disease - ANSWER-a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease B/C: Tertiary prevention is a type of intervention that begins once the disease has become obvious; the aim is to interrupt the course of the disease, reduce the amount of disability that might occur, and begin rehabilitation. --eg: speech and physio for a stroke patient What aims to reduce health inequalities among population groups through the use of protection, prevention, and promotion strategies? a. Determinants of Health b. Downstrea