Question

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Answer 1

Answer :

Prevalence is the best measure of disease frequency .

• Prevalence is the proportion of the population that had a diseaes at particular time .
• Prevalence indicates the probability of member of the population had disease condition at a point of time.
• It gives the disease status of the population such as number of people affected with the particular disease condition in a given period of time .
• Prevalence rate provides the existing cases .
• Prevalence rate gives the health care providers to plan the health education programmes according to need of the population .
• Prevalence rate provides base for the health care providers to do the health education pragrammes to particular disease to needy population .
• It provides the statistical data to the health care providers , that the how much population suffering with particular disease and it helpful to organise new health care strategies in order to reduce the disease burdon of community .
• It help to create awareness among the community .
• For example : if We are planning and organizing one health education programme in a particular population who are having high incidence rates of HIV and AIDS . So it will definitely help the people to practice safe practices to prevent HIV .
• Not only for the community but also for the health care providers , it help the health care providers to plan the programmes according to need of the people .
• Health education programme provides the adequate information to community to maintain the health , and for promotion of health , restoration of health .