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Primary prevention focuses on promoting health, preventing exposure, and treating diseases.
False
The population approach in primary prevention aims at socio-economic, behavioral, and lifestyle changes.
True
The high-risk strategy in primary prevention aims to provide preventive care to individuals at special risk.
True
Primary prevention only has one component which is health promotion.
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Reducing the average blood pressure or serum cholesterol of a population can lead to a significant decrease in cardiovascular disease incidence.
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Primary prevention focuses on intervention in the post-pathogenesis phase of a disease or health problem.
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Health promotion and specific protection are ways to achieve primary prevention.
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Immunization and seroprophylaxis are examples of ways to achieve primary prevention.
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Primary prevention does not involve promoting general health and well-being.
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The WHO has not recommended population (mass) strategy as an approach for primary prevention of chronic diseases.
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Life style and behavioral changes are not considered part of primary prevention.
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Primary prevention is the action taken after the onset of disease.
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The purpose of primary prevention is to slow down or stop the progression of a disease.
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Primary prevention focuses on actions that inhibit the emergence of risk factors.
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The main intervention in primary prevention is through medical treatment.
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Primary prevention aims to address health problems that have already developed.
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Primary prevention involves actions taken after the disease has already manifested.
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