NU 629 / NU629 Exam 1: (Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Advanced Health Promotion & Disease
Prevention | Regis. Questions and Answers | Grade
A | 100% Correct.
1. Secondary prevention and examples: Pender's definition: SP aims to
prevent further illness in persons who already have a disease. Promote health
within the limits of the disability or disease.
Early-stage of disease or outbreak. Target is those who have the disease.
Healthy-appearing individuals with subclinical forms of the disease.
Subclinical disease has pathologic changes, but no overt symptoms that are
diagnosable in a doctor's visit. Focus is on early disease detection. Seeks to
prevent the onset of illness. Examples: Pap smear aimed to dx cervical cancer
in its subclinical state before progression. Or mammography, colonoscopies, BP
screening, school screening. BP testing to monitor the effectiveness of
medication is considered secondary.
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, 2. primary prevention: Pender's definition is: "PP focuses on persons who
are at risk for disease." "Reduce the occurrence or prolong the onset of
diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and cancer."
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. Targets the entire
population and groups known to be at risk. Measures aimed at a susceptible
population. Healthy individuals to prevent a disease from ever occurring.
Commonly institutes activities that limit risk exposure or increase immunity of
individuals at risk to prevent a disease from progressing in a susceptible
individual to subclinical disease. Example: Immunizations, tobacco cessation,
needle exchange, micro-nutrient supplemental programs.
3. tertiary prevention: Stage of disease is later stages of the disease.
Target is patients who have the disease. Targets both the clinical and outcome
stages of a disease. Focus is implemented in symptomatic patients and aims to
reduce the severity of the disease as well as any associated sequelae. Tertiary
seeks to reduce the effects of the disease once established in an individual. Ex:
rehab, diabetic foot care, cardiac rehab post MI, OP and PT in burn patients or
support groups.
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2026) Advanced Health Promotion & Disease
Prevention | Regis. Questions and Answers | Grade
A | 100% Correct.
1. Secondary prevention and examples: Pender's definition: SP aims to
prevent further illness in persons who already have a disease. Promote health
within the limits of the disability or disease.
Early-stage of disease or outbreak. Target is those who have the disease.
Healthy-appearing individuals with subclinical forms of the disease.
Subclinical disease has pathologic changes, but no overt symptoms that are
diagnosable in a doctor's visit. Focus is on early disease detection. Seeks to
prevent the onset of illness. Examples: Pap smear aimed to dx cervical cancer
in its subclinical state before progression. Or mammography, colonoscopies, BP
screening, school screening. BP testing to monitor the effectiveness of
medication is considered secondary.
1
, 2. primary prevention: Pender's definition is: "PP focuses on persons who
are at risk for disease." "Reduce the occurrence or prolong the onset of
diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and cancer."
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. Targets the entire
population and groups known to be at risk. Measures aimed at a susceptible
population. Healthy individuals to prevent a disease from ever occurring.
Commonly institutes activities that limit risk exposure or increase immunity of
individuals at risk to prevent a disease from progressing in a susceptible
individual to subclinical disease. Example: Immunizations, tobacco cessation,
needle exchange, micro-nutrient supplemental programs.
3. tertiary prevention: Stage of disease is later stages of the disease.
Target is patients who have the disease. Targets both the clinical and outcome
stages of a disease. Focus is implemented in symptomatic patients and aims to
reduce the severity of the disease as well as any associated sequelae. Tertiary
seeks to reduce the effects of the disease once established in an individual. Ex:
rehab, diabetic foot care, cardiac rehab post MI, OP and PT in burn patients or
support groups.
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