To engage the older adults who frequently attend a senior citizens' center in primary disease prevention, the nurse
a. immunizes those attending a weekly lun-cheon against the H1N1 virus.
b. arranges for a colorectal cancer screening at the center.
c. schedules a speaker to discuss cooking for diabetic patients.
d. surveys the members to identify health issues of interest to them.
A
Primary prevention refers to specific action taken to optimize the health of the older individual by helping him or her to become more resistant to disease or to ensure that the environment will be less harmful. Providing immunizations would be included in this level of prevention. Colo-rectal cancer screening is secondary prevention. Cooking for diabetic patients is tertiary preven-tion. Surveying patients does not fall into any level of prevention.
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