Question

Compare and contrast the three different levels of health promotion (primary, secondary, tertiary). Discuss how the levels of prevention help determine educational needs for a patient.

Answer 1

There are 3 levels of health promotion and disease prevention

Primary prevention- it is defined as action taken prior to the onset of disease, which removes the possibility of the disease ever occur.

It involves the care of the high-risk population and removes their risk factors.

In this level, we focused on 2 specific factors that is

Health promotion & Specific protection

Health promotion includes Health education, environmental modification, nutritional intervention, lifestyle, and behavioral modification.

Specific protection includes Immunisation, use of specific nutritional supplements, and control of nutritional hazards.

Secondary prevention- It is defined as an action which halts the progress of the disease and prevents complication.

In this stage, the interventions are Earley diagnosis to identify the disease and Referral.

Secondary prevention attempts to stop the disease process, restore health by seeking out unrecognize disease and treating it before any irreversible change takes place in the body, and reverse communicability of infectious disease.

Tertiary prevention- It is defined as " all the measures available to reduce or limit impairments and disabilities, and to promote the patient adjustment to irremediable condition".

It is used when the disease process is advanced beyond its early stage.

In this stage, we mostly focus on Disability limitation and rehabilitation.

Key factor

PRIMARY- PREVENTIVE

SECONDARY- SCREENING

TERTIARY- TREATMENT