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Chloeellawright · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A school-aged child develops school phobia. When counseling her mother, you would advise her that the accepted therapy for this is to

A) keep her child home until this fear passes.
B) make her child attend school every day.
C) allow her child to decide daily if she wants to go to school or not.
D) ask the teacher to decide if the child should come to school or not each day.

Question 2

An example of the secondary level of prevention is:

1. approved infant car seats.
2. breast self-examination.
3. immunizations.
4. support groups for parents of children with Down syndrome.

katheyjon · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

2
1. Incorrect. Infant car seats are an example of primary prevention.
2. Correct. BSE is an example of secondary prevention, which includes health-screening measures for early detection of health problems.
3. Incorrect. Immunizations are an example of primary prevention.
4. Incorrect. Support groups are an example of tertiary prevention, which follows the oc-currence of a defect or disability (such as Down syndrome).