Which of the following best describes the importance of discovering all of the variables that may be involved in creating a disease state in some persons?
a. People want an explanation of why they are ill.
b. Knowing causes helps obtain funds for research to try to create a cure.
c. Finding variables that are susceptible to prevention or early intervention is important.
d. It is important to educate communities on how to avoid any risk factors.
ANS: C
Identifying risk factors is critical to creating or discovering specific prevention and intervention approaches that reduce chronic disease morbidity and mortality. Because some risk factors cannot be avoided, knowing other risk factors involved allows for more possibilities of preventing the problem. These variables need to be identified first so that health care providers are able to provide an explanation to persons as to why they are ill, obtain funding for research for the problem, and educate the community about the avoidance of the known risk factors.
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