There are three key factors of prevention. The factors are primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Each factor has certain areas to cover for prevention. Primary prevention is the first step of prevention. The education people get from t.v., magazines, and doctors are one type of primary prevention. Primary prevention happens before the disease or illness has come in contact with a person (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The immunizations babies, adults, and the elderly get are primary prevention from those illnesses or diseases. Secondary prevention is when a doctor takes a person's medical history to know what diseases and illnesses to look for (Williams & Torrens, 2008). When a person is treated for the flu in the early stages the doctor is practicing secondary prevention. Secondary prevention is also when …show more content…
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Treatment is when a person has a disease or illness and is taking medication to cure or manage the disease. A treatment for an ear infection is antibiotics for so many days. The ear infection will then go away. A treatment for cancer is chemo or radiation in hopes the patient goes into remission and becomes cancer free. Treatments are usually a medication and given after a person is affected by an illness or disease. Some treatments are short term while others may last years.
Prevention is teaching the public about certain illnesses and diseases before they get them. Prevention does not stop at education. A doctor will ask a patient their personal and family medical history. This allows the doctor to test and look out for diseases and illnesses that run in families. If a patient has a family history of breast cancer the doctor will start mammograms sooner in a woman. Prevention is to help keep people from getting sick or learning of a serious disease too
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The person pursues healthcare service with great expectations such as quality health care, latest technological interventions and low cost for their service. Nowadays, one of the challenges facing by the health care providers is providing appropriate care and identifying their needs in a cost effective and comprehensive way without compromising the quality of care. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported “an rise in healthcare spending from $2.34 trillion in 2008 to $ 2.47 trillion in 2009, the largest one year increase since 1960” (Pickert, K, 2010). “The action to improve the American health care delivery system as a whole, in all of its quality dimensions such as efficiency, effectiveness, equitability, timeliness, patient-centeredness, and safety for all Americans” (IOM, 2011).
Health protection is an essential component of health promotion that focuses on prevention services, such as screening tests and immunizations, and self-care actions. Often this is an overlooked aspect of health promotion because actions need to be taken when people are healthy rather than in response to illness. Physicians and nurses have many opportunities to teach patients about actions they can take to protect their health (Johns Hopkins University, 2010f; Miller, 2013).
Preventative healthcare is an accessible area that continues to increase in the healthcare segment. Preventative healthcare utilizes various methods to educate and avoid illnesses. Preventative healthcare also strives to improve the overall health wellness of Americans (Benedictine University Online, 2015). The functions of preventative health care inform the population, promote healthy lifestyles and provide early treatments for illnesses. The goal of prevention, also known as intervention is to reduce risks and threats to health (Benedictine University Online, 2015). Therefore, primary, secondary and tertiary are three principal components of the healthcare system.
One way to decrease the prevalence of deteriorating health for any population is by using preventive care measures (Andrews, & Boyle, 2008). The use of preventive care allows significant problems to be identified early which enables the resolution of the problem when it is still a minor issue (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Often this strategy is more cost effective and require...
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During one of my undergraduate courses, “Community and Population Health”, I completed a paper on my community and access to healthcare. During the research and community outreach performed to meet the goals of the paper, my eyes were opened to the plight of small communities in regards to access to quality healthcare. This plight has become my passion, and has formed the basis for my vision of the Family Nurse Practitioner role.
These ways including using vaccines, which provides immunity to a particular disease. Another way is to use antibiotics that help the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. One of the most basic forms of prevention is to keep up good hygiene and sanitation, meaning to always wash your hands and cover your mouth when you cough.
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Instead of waiting for a condition to arise in the human body, people should practice preventive care to maintain ideal health and prevent illnesses from occurring in the first place. Preventive care includes such things as immunizations and vaccines, routine physicals, regular medical checkups and periodic colonoscopies.
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Primary prevention are means necessary to prevent health problems before they occur, and it involves health promotion. The purpose of primary prevention is to reduce an individual’s susceptibility to an illness by strengthening the individual’s capacity to withstand physical, emotional, and environmental stressors (Harkness & Demarco, 2016). Examples of primary prevention for obesity include education about proper diet and exercise before someone becomes obese. Another example is to educate people about the potential health risks of obesity (Lundy & Janes, 2001). Secondary prevention addresses pathology, and is aimed at early detection through diagnosis (Harkness & Demarco, 2016). This level of prevention focuses on identifying groups of individuals who have early symptoms of disease or condition so that they can receive prompt treatment. Examples of secondary prevention for health consequences of obesity include: blood pressure screenings and blood sugar testing (Lundy & Janes, 2001). Tertiary prevention consists of activities designed around rehabilitation. This level of prevention has a goal to restore the individual back to his/her optimal level of functioning. Examples of tertiary prevention include: regular exercise and healthy eating patterns for individuals with obesity, hypertension and diabetes (Lundy & Janes,
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