4.4 Prevention of Communicable and Noncommunicable Disease

Question 1

Primary Prevention

Answer 1

• Focuses on reducing incidents of disease occurring through preemptive measures

Examples
- Federally funded vaccines
- Immunization laws
- Public health mandates

Question 2

Secondary Prevention

Answer 2

• Focuses on preventing disease further after it has occurred
• Treated as either new cases or prophylactically

Disease control at this level is the part of the surveillance process that nurses are most involved in.
- Affected individuals are either put into quarantine or isolate

Question 3

Tertiary Prevention

Answer 3

• Works to reduce complications and disabilities through treatment and rehabilitation of infected individuals