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hubes95

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A public health nurse is reviewing Healthy People 2020 to determine where to prioritize programming for the county health department. Based on Healthy People 2020, the nurse de-cides to implement programming to:
 
  a. Reduce the rate of HIV transmission among adults and adolescents.
  b. Eliminate STDs from developed countries.
  c. Reduce deaths from gonorrhea.
  d. Increase awareness about HIV in lesbian females.

Question 2

Which prevention activity would be considered tertiary prevention?
 
  a. Diabetes screening
  b. Rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injury
  c. Birth control
  d. Pregnancy testing


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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One of the Healthy People 2020 objectives is reducing the number of cases of HIV infection among adults and adolescents.

Answer to Question 2

B
Diabetes screening and pregnancy testing are secondary preventions, and birth control is a pri-mary prevention.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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