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The clinic nurse is working with a mother and her 3-year-old child who have arrived for the child's routine checkup. The nurse encourages the mother to return for her child's measles-mumps-rubella immunization prior to the child's entering school.
 
  This intervention is an example of what type of care?
  A.
  Mandatory health care
  B.
  Primary health prevention
  C.
  Secondary health prevention
  D.
  Tertiary health prevention
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ANS: B
Of the three levels of prevention, the most desirable level is primary prevention. This encompasses health promotion and activities specifically meant to prevent disease from occurringin this case, scheduling vaccinations. Secondary prevention refers to early identification and prompt treatment of a health problem before it has an opportunity to spread or become more serious. Tertiary prevention is intended to restore health to the highest functioning state that is possible.
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