BMED 271 Study Guide - Final Guide: Condom, Risk Perception, Health Promotion

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: BMED 271
• Professor: Jenn Carpenter

Document Summary

Health promotion and disease: disease prevention aims to minimize the incidence or the effects of a disease, preventative measures can be applied at any stage along the course of the disease, there are four stages of disease prevention: Primordial prevention, or health promotion, to prevent the development of risk factors (i. e. , upstream factors). Primary prevention: the identification and modification of risk factors to prevent the onset of the disease. Secondary prevention: early detection and treatment of the disease, before symptoms appear. Tertiary prevention: the treatment of the disease to stop its progression and to control its negative consequences. Note that there is an obvious overlap between primordial and primary prevention: they both address the risk factors or root causes of a disease: primordial prevention (i. e. , health promotion): Targets underlying health determinants by modifying social policies to improve the health of and prevent disease in a population. Enables people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.