The nurse is teaching a local community group about the importance of disease prevention. Why is disease prevention necessary in health promotion?
A) Prevention is emphasized as the link between personal behavior and health.
B) The majority of deaths of Americans under age 60 aren't related to preventable causes.
C) Health maintenance organizations now emphasize prevention as the main criterion of health care.
D) The external environment affects the outcome of most disease processes.
Ans: A
Feedback: Healthy People 2010 defines the current national health-promotion and disease-prevention initiative for the nation. The two essential goals from this report are (1) to increase the quality and years of healthy life for people and (2) to eliminate health disparities among various segments of the population.
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