You have clients in your caseload who have been requested to participate in a preventive trial about pneumonia
You know the focus of this trial is primary prevention. How would you explain this focus to the clients?
A) The trial focuses on reducing the incidence of disease.
B) The trial focuses on preventing illness in individuals.
C) The trial focuses on testing new therapies.
D) The trial focuses on limiting the spread of disease.
A
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