The National Prevention Strategy provides:
a. recommendations on what can be done to improve population health.
b. assistance in interpreting Healthy People 2020.
c. a basis for public health nursing practice.
d. health risk appraisal instruments.
ANS: A
The National Prevention Strategy offers recommendations on what can be done to improve pop-ulation health in specified contexts and across goal areas. This document does not assist in inter-preting Healthy People 2020, providing a basis for public health nursing practice, or providing health risk appraisal instruments.
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