Primary Prevention Involves

question 170

Multiple Choice

Primary prevention involves:

• A)the early identification of risk factors for specific populations
• B)handling and containing an illness or habit once it has been acquired
• C)educating the public as a whole in ways to reduce or eliminate a problem, before it starts
• D)conducting laboratory research into the etiology of specific psychological disorders

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Definitions:

Political Policies

Decisions, plans, or actions undertaken by a government or political entity intended to achieve specific outcomes or goals.

State-Centered Theory

Holds that the state itself can structure political life to some degree independently of the way power is distributed between classes and other groups at a given time.

Political Life

The activities associated with governance, the pursuit and use of power, and the formulation and implementation of public policy.

Independent Influence

The effect or impact exerted by a factor or entity operating autonomously, without being affected by other variables or sources of influence.