L03: Primary Prevention

Question 1

What are the 3 levels of prevention

Answer 1

Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Question 2

What is the primary prevention

Answer 2

Preventing the disease before it occurs

Question 3

Give an example of primary prevention

Answer 3

Immunisation

Question 4

What is secondary prevention

Answer 4

Reducing the impact of a disease

Question 5

What is tertiary prevention

Answer 5

Softening the impact of long term health effects

Question 6

Give an example of a secondary prevention

Answer 6

Screening

Exercise or diet

Question 7

Give an example of an tertiary prevention

Answer 7

Support groups

Question 8

Which prevention is health promotion mostly about

Answer 8

Primary prevention

Question 9

What are the 3 approaches to health promotion

Answer 9

Medical
Behavioural
Socio-environmental

Question 10

What is a high risk approach

Answer 10

The health promotion only benefits those at high risk

Question 11

What is a population approach in health promotion

Answer 11

All population is benefited by the health promotion

Question 12

List the health promotions

Answer 12

Health communication 
Health education 
Self help
Organisational change 
Community development 
Policy 
Political action

Question 13

What is a health communication

Answer 13

A communication technique that influences health of the public

Question 14

Give an example of health communication

Answer 14

Tv advertisement
Leaflets
Food labelling

Question 15

What is health education

Answer 15

Education individuals or groups on health

Question 16

Examples of health education

Answer 16

1 to 1 groups session

Question 17

What is self help

Answer 17

Opportunities where people can share experiences

Question 18

Give an example of self help

Answer 18

Alcoholics anonymous

Question 19

What is an organisational change

Answer 19

Changing the environment for health choices

Question 20

Give an example of an organisation change

Answer 20

Putting healthy food at the check out till for display

Question 21

What is a community development

Answer 21

A project that reduces unhealthy behaviour

Question 22

What is a policy

Answer 22

Plan of action to guide sticking to legislation

Question 23

What is a legislation

Answer 23

Enforced by low

Question 24

Give examples of policy/legislation

Answer 24

Restricted pub opening times
Smoking ban
Seat belt mandatory

Question 25

What are the 2 target audience in primary prevention

Answer 25

High risk : those at a high risk

Whole population approach: everyone

Question 26

What are the 3 levels of behaviour change theory

Answer 26

Individual
Interpersonal
Community

Question 27

What are the behaviour theory’s at an individual level

Answer 27

Health belief model
Stages of change model
Theory of planned behaviour
Precaution adaption process model

Question 28

What is the theory at a interpersonal level

Answer 28

Social cognitive theory

Question 29

What is the social cognitive theory

Answer 29

People watch others see what happens and then use that to guide their behaviour

Question 30

What are the behaviour theories at a community level

Answer 30

Community organisation
Diffusion of innovations
Communication theory

Question 31

What is the intervention ladder

Answer 31

A step by step procedure to promote health

Question 32

What is in the intervention ladder from the least strict to severe intervention

Answer 32

1) do nothing and monitor the situation
2) provide information by education
3) enable choice
4) guide choice by disincentives (i.e so people don’t do it e.g tax on cigarettes)
5) guide choice by incentives (i.e so people do it e.g remove tax on bikes)
6) guide choice by changing policy
7) restrict choice i.e minimise the choice available
8) eliminate the choice that we do not want e.g illegal so smoke inside