Question

Discuss health promotion and disease prevention based on EBP related to these topics

(About 250 words)

Answer 1

Health promotion - it is defined as empowermening the people so as to increase the control on people health and taking necessary action to increase healthy behaviour

Health promotion address the below behaviour risk factors such as -

1.Tobacco use

2. Obesity

3.diet

4.lack of physical activity

5.Area of mental health

6 drug abuse control

7. Alcohol control

8. Sexual health

Health promotion

Policies and interventions to address tobacco use , alcohol control

Interventions for dietary and Nutritional control

Intersector policies and health services interventions to address mental health

Strategies to promote sexual and mental health

Disease prevention -

It is defined as primary and secondary preventions , aiming to minimise the burden of diseases

Primary prevention

Vaccination and postexposure prophylaxis of children, adult elderly people

Providing information on medical health and mental health ,trying to reduce risk at individual and population level

Dental hygiene education and oral health services

Secondary

Population based screening programs for early detection of disease  

Providing child health and maternal health programs, including screening and preventing of congenital malformations

Providing chemo prophylactic agents to control diseases