With the involvement of the local government and health department, a community-wide pro-gram is planned to make all public businesses smoke free, thus eliminating exposure to sec-ond-hand smoke
Which of the following levels of prevention of program planning and evaluation is being applied?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Assessment
ANS: A
Primary prevention refers to those interventions aimed at preventing the occurrence of disease, injury, or disability. Secondary prevention refers to screening and early detection. Tertiary pre-vention refers to rehabilitation and treatment. Assessment is not a level of prevention.
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