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What is primordial preven on? - Ans - works to eliminate predisposing risk factors such as
environmental controls, maternal depriva on or illiteracy.
- Avoiding the development of risk factors and/or stopping the appearance of risk factors
- Individual and mass educa on, whole popula on through public health policies
- no smoking in restaurants/government buildings, etc
What is primary preven on? - Ans - Reduce risk factors, prevent disease well before it
develops.
- Immuniza ons, rou ne consulta ons/primary care advice
- whole popula on-selected groups & healthy people
What is secondary preven on? - Ans - uses screening procedures to detect and treat serious
disease as soon as possible.
- primary risk factor reduc on for those at risk of chronic diseases, falls, injury
,- Involves screening asymptoma c individuals for a disease to detect it early, and with early
interven on achieve a be%er outcome than with later detec on and treatment.
What is ter ary preven on? - Ans - Aimed at stopping the progress of established disease.
- Rehabilita ve therapies and monitoring of health to prevent complica ons or further illness,
injury, or disability
- For example, a(er a heart a%ack, a pa ent may undergo cardiac rehabilita on to prevent a
relapse
Examples of Primary Preven on - Ans - youth violence
- personal safety (encouraging the use of seatbelts, bike helmets)
- disease preven on (counseling about safer sex prac ces, sunscreen, vaccina ons,
chemoprophylaxis)
- healthy lifestyle (exercise, diet)
- providing informa on on accident and fall preven on
- Tobacco control programs
- bully preven on
Examples of Secondary Preven on - Ans - PSA for prostate cancer detec on
,- PAP smear screening
- Use of procedures to detect and treat serious disease as soon as possible
- any lab test to screen for disease (CBC for anemia, TSH for thyroid)
- US Task Force recommenda ons for screening examina ons- mammography and PAP smears
- Tes ng for hearing loss
- BP measurements to detect HTN
- lipid profile to rule out hyperlipidemia
- breast self-exam, tes cular exam
Examples of Ter ary Preven on - Ans - Rehab (cardiac rehabilita on a(er MI)
- support groups
- pt educa on (SE from meds, insulin, how to use equipment)
- Speech therapy a(er CVA
, _________ interven ons are implemented a(er a disease or condi on is evident, limi ng
further harm and disability. - Ans Ter ary
__________ _____________ consists of ac ons and measures that inhibit the emergence of
risk factors in the form of environmental, economic, social, and behavioral condi ons and
cultural pa%erns of living, etc. - Ans Primordial preven on
(The main interven on in primordial preven on is through individual and mass educa on.)
Example of Primordial Preven on - Ans - An example of primordial preven on is many adult
health problems (e.g., obesity, hypertension) have their early origins in childhood because this
is the me when lifestyles are formed (for example, ea ng pa%erns, physical exercise).
- In primordial preven on, efforts are directed towards discouraging children from adop ng
harmful lifestyles.
The __________ ___________ of health is the absence of disease or disorders. - Ans
Biomedical Model
(solu ons include medica on and lifestyle modifica ons)
- An example of the biomedical model of health would be no diagnosis or disease like
hypertension.
The ________ _________ of health is the product of behaviors and habits. - Ans Behavioral
Model
(behavior change strategies such as health communica on and skill building ac vi es)