Select the example of primary prevention
a. Assisting a person diagnosed with a serious mental illness to fill a pill-minder
b. Helping school-age children identify and describe normal emotions
c. Leading a psychoeducational group in a community care home
d. Medicating an acutely ill patient who assaulted a staff person
ANS: B
Primary preventions are directed at healthy populations with a goal of preventing health problems from occurring. Helping school-age children describe normal emotions people experience promotes coping, a skill that is needed throughout life. Assisting a person with serious and persistent mental illness to fill a pill-minder is an example of tertiary prevention. Medicating an acutely ill patient who assaulted a staff person is a secondary prevention. Leading a psychoeducational group in a community care home is an example of tertiary prevention.
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