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Five Levels of Public Health Prevention
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Public Health in Canada
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." (World Health Organization)
Five Levels of Public Health Prevention
Public Health in Canada means ...
a discipline with primary focus on health promotion and disease prevention to prolong the life of individuals and populations as a whole
consists of all organized measures (public or private)
Furthermore ...
INTERESTING FACT !
- Prevention includes a variety of activities or interventions
- Primary focus is to reduce risks or threats to health
- 5 Levels of prevention in modern public health study
Green tea is recognized as a Cancer preventative beverage
Prevention of Cancer re -occurrence
Act to identify patients at risk of over-medication
Can lead to various medical errors and side effects - which can prove to be disastrous
Primordial Prevention (1)
- Basic conditions or measures to prevent the onset of disease from occurring
- Legislations, public policies, etc.
- "Evidence informed public health"
HLSC-3820U
Dr. Wally J. Bartfay
Public Health 1
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
February 26, 2016
Primordial Intervention (1)
- 2015 study of overall mortality rates of Coronary Heart Disease in Young Women
- Influence on lifestyle choices based on health lifestyle criteria
- Results: Approximately 73% of CHD cases attributable to low adherence to health lifestyle guidelines
Tertiary Prevention (4)
Primary Prevention
(2)
Measures aimed towards preventing further progressing of disease or altered state of health
Improve quality of life and life expectancy
- Therapy
- Cardiac or stroke rehabilitation
- Support programs
Example
Immunization of a child with vaccine for chicken pox
Preventative Approaches
Health promotion information or programs
Raising Awareness
Quaternary Prevention
(5)
Study conducted in 2012:
Secondary Prevention (3)
- Vorapaxar to inhibit PAR-1 reduced the risk of CVD or ischemia
- Involved patients with stable atherosclerosois who were under standard therapy
- Early detection and diagnosis
- Reversal of altered states of health
Actions to monitor and decrease possible harm caused by:
- health intervention
- diagnostics
- disease treatments
- medication