Prevention & Research Terminology

Question 1

What is PRIMARY PREVENTION? Give examples.

Answer 1

Aims to prevent disease or injury BEFORE IT EVER OCCURS
- legislation to ban substances
- mandate seatbelts
- education materials about not smoking
- immunizations

Question 2

What is SECONDARY PREVENTION? Give examples.

Answer 2

Aims to REDUCE THE IMPACT of a disease or injury that has already occurred
- daily medications
- treatment plan with counseling

Question 3

What is TERTIARY PREVENTION? Give examples.

Answer 3

Aims to SOFTEN THE IMPACT of ONGOING, PROGRESSIVE illness
- support groups

Question 4

Public Health Approach
1) What is the problem?
2) What is the cause?
3) What works?
4) How do you do it?

Answer 4

1) surveillance
2) risk factor identification
3) intervention evaluation
4) implementation

Question 5

SAMHSA Prevention Strategies (6)

Answer 5

Information Dissemination

Prevention Education

Positive Alternatives

Environmental

Community-based Process

ID of Problems & Referral - Tx

Question 6

Institute of Medicine Interventions for SUD Prevention : (3) populations

Answer 6

1) universal - for all members of society
2) selective - targeting high risk individuals & groups
3) indicated - already using substances, not yet developed SUD

Question 7

high sensitivity

Answer 7

low rate of false negatives

Question 8

high specificity

Answer 8

low rate of false positives