Dr. Ojuola Flashcards
Health to death continuum:
Perfect health Moderate health Marginal health Exposure/lifestyle Risks Early Disease Late Disease Death
When is primary prevention?
Pre-disease stage
When is secondary prevention?
Latent disease state
When is tertiary prevention?
Disease stage
Goal of primary, secondary, tertiary prevention?
1: Reduce incidence of new cases
2: Reduce severity/complication
3: Reduce number of complications/deaths
Target population of the three preventions
1: General or at risk
2: Exposed or early disease
3: People with disease needing treatment
Typical activities for three prevention’s
1: Counseling
2: Screening early treatment access to care
3: Treatment tailored to the patient or rehabilitation to promote recovery
Three pillars of health?
Behavior
Food
Environment
What is primary prevention?
Keeping the disease process from starting by eliminating risk factors and increasing host resistance to disease (pre-disease state)
Two main components of primary prevention:
Health promotion and specific protection
Four prerequisites for effective primary prevention:
Seriousness of disease
Personal risk
Effective measures
Accessibility
Components of health promotion (primary):
Broad coverage
Non-medical intervention (counseling/environment etc.)
Components of specific promotion (primary):
Target population/disease
Medical and non-medical intervention (vaccines, antimicrobial, safety equipment)
Five A Model on health belief:
Ask Advise patient on disease Assess willingness Assist patient with decision Arrange follow up
Stages of Change Theory (5 stages)
Pre-contemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance
Most crucial factor in predicting behavior?
Behavioral intentions