Primary Prevention
§ Seeks to prevent a disease or condition at a prepathologic state; to stop something from ever happening.
Health Promotion
§ health education
§ marriage counseling
§ genetic screening
§ good standard of nutrition adjusted to developmental phase of life
Specific Protection
§ use of specific immunization
§ attention to personal hygiene
§ use of environmental sanitation
§ protection against occupational hazards
§ protection from accidents
§ use of specific nutrients
§ protections from carcinogens
§ avoidance to allergens
Secondary Prevention
§ Also known as “Health Maintenance”. Seeks to identify specific illnesses or conditions at an early stage with prompt intervention to prevent or limit disability; to prevent catastrophic effects that could occur if proper attention and treatment are not provided
Early Diagnosis and Prompt Treatment
§ case finding measures
§ individual and mass screening survey
§ prevent spread of communicable disease
§ prevent complication and sequelae
§ shorten period of disability
Disability Limitations
§ Adequate treatment to arrest disease process and prevent further complication and sequelae.
§ Provision of facilities to limit disability and prevent death.
Tertiary Prevention
§ Occurs after a disease or disability has occurred and the recovery process has begun; Intent is to halt the disease or injury process and assist the person in obtaining an optimal health status. To establish a high-level wellness. “To maximize use of remaining capacities’
Restoration and Rehabilitation
§ Work therapy in hospital
§ Use of shelter colony
