Which one of the following groups of actions fulfills the three core public health functions in their proper order?
A) Counting the number of kindergarten students who are fully immunized, encouraging the school officials to exclude children who are not fully immunized, and offering immunization clinics at the school
B) Identifying a source of pollution in the community, educating local residents about precautions that should be taken when the pollution exceeds minimum standards, and asking legislators to apply sanctions to the responsible party for the source of pollution
C) Providing prenatal care for pregnant adolescents, determining how many pregnant adolescents currently attend the school, and encouraging school officials to provide an alternative school setting for the pregnant adolescents
D) Lobbying for a citywide ban on smoking in public, providing smoking cessation services in the community, and reviewing mortality data to determine the number of people in the community who die each year from lung cancer
Ans: A
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