Question

Explain the traditional classifications of the levels of prevention.

Answer 1

1. Explain the traditional classifications of the levels of prevention.

Prevention mainly consists of methods or activities that helps in eradicating, eliminating, or minimizing the impact of disease and disability and reduces the risks or threats to health.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF PREVENTION

Prevention can be mainly classified into four, they are

· PRIMORDIAL PREVENTION

· PRIMARY PREVENTION

· SECONDARY PREVENTION

· TERTIARY PREVENTION

PRIMORDIAL PREVENTION

· It includes the actions to minimize future hazards to health and hence inhibits the development of factors which are known to increase the risk of disease.

· The main goal is that, it addresses broad health determinants rather than preventing personal exposure to risk factors

· The main intervention in primordial prevention is through individual and mass education.

PRIMARY PREVENTION

· Primary prevention mainly aims to prevent the onset of specific diseases via risk reduction by altering behaviours or exposures, that can lead to the disease.

· It also helps by enhancing resistance to the effects of exposure to a disease.

· Primary prevention includes both health promotion and specific protection.

PRIMRY PREVENTION
HEALTH PROMOTION	SPECIFIC PROTECTION
· Health education · Environmental modification · Nutritional interventions · Lifestyle and behavioural changes	· Immunization and seroprophylaxis · Chemoprophylaxis · Use of specific nutrients or supplementation · Protection against occupational hazards · Safety of drugs and foods · Control of environmental hazards

SECONDARY PREVENTION

The aim of secondary prevention is the,

· early disease detection (eg. Screening tests, and case finding programs) and adequate treatment.

· making it possible to prevent the worsening of the disease

· reduce the emergence of symptoms

· minimising the complications and limit disabilities before the disease get worsened.

TERTIARY PREVENTION

· The goal of tertiary prevention is to reduce the negative impact of an already-established disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications

· This includes all the measures available to reduce or limit the impairments and disabilities, and to promote the patients adjustment to irremediable conditions.

· Intervention of the tertiary prevention are disability limitation, and rehabilitation.