Question

Select the type of prevention the following activity/action best represents. Washing your hands often:

	A.	None of these answers
	B.	Tertiary
	C.	Secondary
	D.	Primary

Select the type of prevention the following activity/action best represents. Thyroid screening test in a 50 year old woman at her annual exam.

	A.	Secondary
	B.	Tertiary
	C.	All of these
	D.	Primary
	E.	None of these

Select the type of prevention the following activity/action best represents. Insulin injections used daily in a person diagnosed with diabetes:

	A.	None of these
	B.	Secondary
	C.	Primary
	D.	Tertiary

Answer 1

Answer to 1st question: Option D --primary prevention.

Washing your hands often is belongs to primary prevention due to the primary prevention indicates the education about health and safety habit methods to prevent disease before it occurs. The washing of hands often indicates one can manitain hygiene and can prevent entrance of bacteria or virus into inside of the body.

other options are wrong.

--secondary prevention includes regular tests and screening tests to find out disease in early stages and to confirm it also.

-tertiary prevention indicates the management of ongoing disease in one person or about any injury treatment.

Answer to 2nd question: Option A --Secondary prevention.

Thyroid screening test in 50 year old woman at her annual test comes under secondary prevention . IT is due to the secondary prevention includes regular tests and screening exams to find out the diseases and also doing exercises and low diet to avoid any further heart attacks and stokes.

other options are wrong .

--primary prevention indicates the education about health and safety habit methods to prevent disease before it occurs.

---tertiary prevention indicates the management of ongoing disease in one person or about any injury treatment.

Answer to 3rd question: Option D  --Tertiary  prevention.

Insulin injections used daily in a person diagnosed with diabetes comes under tertiary prevention . it is due to the tertiary prevention indicates the management of ongoing disease in one person or about any injury treatment and also rehabiliation programs to manage chronic diseases.

oter options are wrong

--primary prevention indicates the education about health and safety habit methods to prevent disease before it occurs.

--secondary prevention includes regular tests and screening test  to find out disease in early stages and to confirm it also.