Preventive Medicine Flashcards
What is Preventive Medicine
The measures taken to prevent diseases and maintain health and well-being.
Primary Disease prevention
Intended to avoid the development of disease before it presents
Secondary Disease Prevention
Attempt to diagnose and treat an existing disease in its early stages
Tertiary Disease Prevention
Treatments aim to slow down the disease progression or prevent complications
What are the primary key elements to preventive medicine
Disease prevention
Health Promotion
Education
Screening
Explain Health promotion
The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health.
Some examples of Education of preventive health
Teaching self exam techniques
Education on different exposures
Weight management
Eating health
Main goals of Preventive Medicine
Protect patients
Promote health
Maintain health and well-being
Prevent disease, disability and premature death
Barriers of Preventive medicine
Time consuming
Low reimbursement
Lack of resources to promote and perform preventive care
Patient interest
Top causes of death in the US which could be prevented through Preventive health
Heart disease Cancer COPD Stroke Diabetes Mellitus
RISE
Risk Assessment
Immunizations
Screening tests
Educations/counseling
Three risk factors of disease
Behavior
Environmental
Genetics
