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Question 1

Primary prevention

Answer 1

Methods to avoid occurrence of disease.[6] Most population-based health promotion efforts are type

Question 2

Secondary prevention

Answer 2

Methods to diagnose and treat existent disease in early stages before it causes significant morbidity.

Question 3

Tertiary prevention

Answer 3

Methods to reduce negative impact of existent disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications

Question 4

what is high risk approach

Answer 4

focus on those that are sick

Question 5

Benefits of High Risk Strategy (5)

Answer 5

1. The intervention is tailored to the individual!
2. Subject motivation (person is more willing to take doctor’s advice)!
3. Physician motivation!
4. Cost-effective use of resources!
5. Benefit: risk ratio is favourable (especially if the intervention has some
   side effects)

Question 6

Neg. of high risk strategies

Answer 6

1. Difficulties with screening!
   a. It’s expensive!
   b. The people most likely to go get screened are often least at risk!
   c. Can cause undue worry/harm in ‘borderline’ patients who don’t fully
   and might never fit disease criteria!
2. It is palliative and temporary, not radical (ie. Does not seek to change cause
   of disease but just to identify people susceptible to the causes)!
3. Limited potential

Question 7

what is population strategy

Answer 7

tries to shift the entire population on the risk curve

Question 8

Benefits of Population Strategy

Answer 8

1. It is radical (attempts to remove cause of disease)!
2. Large potential for population!
3. Behaviourally appropriate (changes social norms)!

Question 9

Limitations of Population Strategy

Answer 9

1. Small benefit to individual!
2. Poor motivation of subject!
3. Poor motivation of physician !
4. Benefit: risk ratio worrisome