Southern New Hampshire University IHP 330 Module Four Worksheet Levels of Disease Prevention
Prevention in epidemiology includes a wide range of activities known as interventions that are aimed at
This worksheet will allow you to practice defining and providing examples for the different levels.
Part 1 Define the three levels of disease prevention.
1. Primary: preventative measures taken to keep disease, illness, or injury from occurring
2. Secondary: measures taken to keep disease, illness, or injury from causing complications
3. Tertiary: measure taken to limit the problems caused by a disease, illness, or injury that has already occurred
Part 2 Describe interventions for each level of prevention for lung cancer for smokers.
4. Primary: Patient education on lung cancer and the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke
5. Secondary: smoking cessation programs and/or use of smoking cessation products
6. Tertiary: use of oxygen for those who already have lung cancer, chemo/radiation treatments, surgery to remove cancerous area