Examples of tertiary health promotion or illness prevention practices are:
a. obtaining immunisations, maintaining ideal bodyweight and wearing a seat belt
b. regular Papanicolaou (PAP) smears, regular PSAtests, regular dental checks and regular glaucomatesting.
c. cardiac rehabilitation, learning to walk with aprosthesis and learning to walk after a stroke.
d. regular Papanicolaou (PAP) smears, maintaining
ideal body weight, regular dental checks and
regular glaucoma testing.
c
The aim of tertiary health promotion is rehabilitation
after the disease or disorder has been stabilised, and treating
the existing disease or disorder.
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