Levels of Prevention
Health Promotion
Epidemiological Calculations
100
Prevention of the initial occurrence of disease or injury
What is Primary level of prevention?
100
Study of the relationships among agent, host, and environment in epidemiology.
What is the epidemiological triangle?
100
Number of new cases in the population at a specific time per 1000 int he population.
What is Incidence rate?
200
HIV testing and counseling
What is secondary level of prevention
200
A disease or condition when there is a moderate ongoing occurrence in a given location.
What is the Attack Rate?
300
Maximization of recovery after an injury or illness (rehabilitation)
What is tertiary level of prevention?
300
Occurs when the rate of disease exceeds the usual level of the condition in a defined population.
What is an Epidemic?
400
Disease surveillance (communicable disease)
What is secondary level of prevention?
400
Provides information about cause of death
What is Mortality Rate?
500
Vision screening for children at school
What is secondary level of prevention?