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HMGT 3301 Exam 1 - Chapter 2. Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ 1. What is the role of health risk appraisal in health promotion and disease prevention? - ✔✔-a. It is the evalu... ation of risk factors and their health consequences for individuals. Only when the risks factors and their health consequences are known can interventions be developed to help individuals adopt healthier lifestyles. 2. Health promotion and disease prevention may require both behavioral modification and therapeutic intervention. Discuss. - ✔✔-a. Behavior can be modified through educational programs and incentives directed at a specific high-risk populations. b. Therapeutic interventions fall into 3 categories: i. Primary prevention—activities undertaken to reduce the probability that a disease will develop in the future ii. Secondary prevention—early detection and treatment of disease, main objective is to block the progression of a disease or an injury from developing into an impairment or disability iii. Tertiary prevention—interventions that could prevent complications from chronic conditions and prevent further illness, injury, or disability 3. Discuss the definitions of health presented in this chapter in terms of their implications for the health care delivery system. - ✔✔-a. Health has been defined as the absence of illness or disease and the implication is that the health care delivery system emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of disease rather that prevention of disease [Show More]

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