What is the purpose of providing education across the three levels of prevention? Education:
a. enables clients to attain optimal health.
b. identifies and treats health problems early to eliminate disability.
c. enables populations to break into individ-uals.
d. teaches people about Healthy People 2020.
ANS: A
Health education enables clients to attain optimal health, prevent health problems, and identify and treat health problems early to minimize disability. Elimination of disability may not be possi-ble. Health education does not teach about the Healthy People 2020 document or break popula-tions into individuals.
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