Levels Of Prevention

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What are the three level's of Leavell and Clarks prevention?

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primary prevention
secondary prevention
tertiary prevent

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Primary Prevention

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occurs before anything has ever happened
generalized health promotion and specific protection against disease
examples: health education, immunizations, health risk assessments for specific diseases, family planning, marriage counseling, environmental sanitation

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Secondary Prevention

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Recognition of injury or disease
early detection and intervention, and health manteinence (diagnosis)
Includes prevention and complications of disabilities
example: post operation complications, screenings, disaster teams, teaching self examinations, assessing growth and development

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Tertiary Prevention

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After illness, when a defect of disablitiy is fixed, stablized or irreversible
Focuss on helping rehabilitate indivudals and restore them to an optimum level of functioning within the constraints of the disability
Example: rehab centers, teaching identity and prevention, support groups

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American Nursing Association Quotation

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" ...to limit disability, and to rehabilutate, or restore the affeted individual, to his or her maximum possible capacities."

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Injuries

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unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting from acute exposure to heat, machines, electronics, or chemcials or from absence of heat or oxygen
Can be prevented by manipulating factors

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Injury Risk Factors

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age/developmental level
lifestyle
mobility
heath
sensor-preception
safty awareness
environment
awareness
abliity to communicate
psychosocial stat
*age increases risk of injury*

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Elderly

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number one injury is falls.
1 in 3 people 65 yrs older suffer a fall
50% all nursing home (much prevention is needed: assess room and risk of falling, bed/wheelchair maintence, clothing, monitoring devices,