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Question 1: Choose one of the following chronic diseases: • Diabetes • Substance use • Stroke • Cancer Using the 'levels of prevention strategies' chart below, list evidence based policies/ strategies/ programs/ initiatives for each level - Individual, Community, National or Global in a location of your choice. Note: This has to be a list only and it should be evidence-based. Word count: 600 words max - remember it's supposed to be a list! Marks: 9 Levels of Prevention Strategies Primary Prevention Strategies at Individual level: Strategies at Community level: Secondary Prevention Tertiary Prevention Strategies at Individual level: Strategies at Individual level: Strategies at Community level: Strategies at Community level: Strategies at National/ Global Level: Strategies at National/ Global Level: Strategies at National/ Global Level:

Answer 1

Diabetes:
Primary prevention:
Individual-level:
structured lifestyle program to reduce calorie intake, increasing physical activity, weight loss program, pharmacotherapy support individual level primary prevention. It needs the collaboration of primary care and public health system support, integrated community organization, medical practice and policy.
community level:
community-based intervention at local, state and national level colloboration make preventive strategies at a community level. public health policy and strategies make well-defined communities.
National/global level:
National level funding and comprehensive control programs, CDCs leadership prevention can strengthen diabetes primary prevention. state government broad-based model prevention programs detect individuals at risk and provide behavioral counseling and cost-effective evaluation.
Secondary prevention:
Individual-level:
early evidence-based intervention by assessing individual glucose tolerance and measuring blood level can screen the individual.
Community-level:
community-level intervention makes qualified trained professionals for making screening procedures, providing education to avoid risk and make awareness.
national level:
National health care cost foe diabetic prevention prevent diabetic and reduce the mortality risk. Public health sectors make evidence-based funding with policy diabetes and monitoring the process of programs to improve preventive initiatives.
Tertiary prevention:
Individual-level:
It includes lowering disease incidence at the individual, family level. Tertiary prevention includes nutrition therapy after diabetic diagnosis, drugs, diet and surgical intervention including rehabilitation programs.
Community-level:
Public health agencies involved in the actual treatment to minimize the complication associated with diabetes.
National level:
National health institute diagnosed a large number of newly diagnosed persons with diabetes for the education programs and improving awareness, self-management provides knowledge and quality of diabetic care. It also involves a risk screening program that involve in psychiatric illness.