Preventive Healthcare Notes

Primary Prevention

• Addresses the needs of healthy clients to promote health and prevent disease with specific protections.
• Decreases the risk of exposure of an individual or community to disease.
• Examples:
  • Immunization programs
  • Child car seat education
  • Nutrition and fitness activities
  • Health education in schools

Secondary Prevention

• Focuses on identifying illness, providing treatment, and conducting activities that help prevent a worsening health status.
• Examples:
  • Communicable disease screening
  • Case finding

Tertiary Prevention

• Aims to prevent the long-term consequences of a chronic illness and to support optimal functioning.
• Begins after an injury or illness.
• Examples:
  • Prevention of pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury
  • Promoting independence after traumatic brain injury
  • Referrals to support groups
  • Rehabilitation center

Healthy People 2030

• Provides a list of national objectives to promote health and prevent disease among the national population.
• Objectives are updated every 10 years.
• Involves collaborative effort for implementation by local governments, voluntary and professional organizations, businesses, and individuals.
• Goals:
  • Improve health priorities.
  • Improve awareness and understanding of the progress involving health, disease, and disability.
  • Apply measurable health goals at the local, state, and national level.
  • Apply best practices to strengthen policies and improve health practices.
  • Identify the need for research, evaluation, and data collection of health disparities.