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Health Promotion & Disease
Prevention | Questions and Answers
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Question:
Alcohol Unhealthy use in adolescents and adults
Answer:
Screening for unhealthy use, providing brief behavioral counseling
interventions to reduce unhealthy use
Question:
Skin Cancer Screening Recommendations
Answer:
-no evidence for regular screening
-pts should be encouraged to examine skin regularly and consult
dermatologist if any abnormalities are noted
,Question:
Testicular cancer: Screening
Answer:
USPSTF recommends against screening for this in adolescent or adult men
Question:
Vision in Children 6 months to 5 years: Screening
Answer:
At least once in all children aged 3 to 5 years to detect amblyopia or its risk
factors.
Question:
Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults:
Preventive Medication
Answer:
Adults w/o hx of CVD use a low to moderate dose statin when: they are 40 -
75 years old; they have 1 or more CVD risk factors & they have a calculated 10-
yr risk of a CV event of 10% or greater
, Question:
Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults
Answer:
Ask all about use, advise them to stop using, and provide behavioral
interventions
Question:
Weight loss to prevent obesity - related morbidity & mortality in adults
Answer:
Offer or refer adults w/ a BMI of 30 or higher to intensive, multi-component
behavioral interventions
Question:
Syphilis in non-pregnant adults & adolescents
Answer:
Screening for persons who are at increased risk for infection: men who have
sex with men or persons living w/HIV