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Epi Unit IV Prevention & Control
Epi Unit IV Prevention & Control
Control
Prepared BY:
Akash Samuel
BSN,RN
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
QUATERNARY Prevention
Specific Protection
Health Specific
Promotion Protection
Health Immunization
Education
Chemoprophylaxis
Environmental
Modifications Protection against occupational
hazards
Nutritional
Interventions Use of specific nutrients or
supplementations
Life style &
Behavioral Safety of drugs & foods
Changes
Control of environmental hazards, e.g. air
pollution
Cont…
Modes of intervention:
I. Disability limitation
II. Rehabilitation
Disease
Impairment
Disability
Handicap
Disability:
•Any restriction or lack of ability to
perform an activity in the manner or
within range considered normal for
human being.
Examples of rehabilitation:
•Establishing schools for blind
•Provision of aids for crippled
•Exercises in neurological disorders
Evaluate Assess
Intervention Exposure
Programs
Conduct
Apply
Research on
Population- Mechanisms
(including the
Based study of genetic
Intervention susceptibility)
Programs
Epidemiology Division
Control