Chapter

Risk Factors and Levels of Disease

From HE A LTH EDUC A TION H E A L T H 1 0 0 V E R S I O N 3 by Sambif

Concepts

  1. Risk Factors

    "Part of learning how to take charge of one’s health requires understanding risk factors for different diseases. Risk factors are things in life that increase your chances of getting a certain disease

  2. Risk Reduction

    "It has been estimated that almost 35 percent of all U.S. early deaths in 2000 could have been avoided by changing just three behaviors: stopping smoking, eating a healthy diet—for example, eating mor

  3. Primary Prevention

    "Prevention includes a wide range of activities—known as “interventions”—aimed at reducing risks or threats to health. Primary prevention aims to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs. This

  4. Later Prevention

    "Secondary prevention aims to reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred. This is done by detecting and treating disease or injury as soon as possible to halt or slow its progr

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