NGR 6638 Health Promo on Final Exam Ques ons and
answers New!! 2025/2026
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
, - PSA for prostate cancer detec on
- PAP smear screening
- Use of procedures to detect and treat serious disease as soon as possible
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
- Speech therapy a+er CVA
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
answers New!! 2025/2026
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
, - PSA for prostate cancer detec on
- PAP smear screening
- Use of procedures to detect and treat serious disease as soon as possible
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
- Speech therapy a+er CVA
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
