Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 8e >Prevention of Illness

Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach+

Table 11–1Strategies of prevention

Strategy Examples

Job creation
1. Improvement in the standard of living
Increase in minimum wage

Water purification systems in underdeveloped nations

2. Public health interventions to reduce the incidence of illness in the population Increased tobacco taxes to reduce the purchase of cigarettes

Mass education on the dangers of high-fat diets

Screening and treatment of hypertension

3. Preventive medical care, performed by health care providers Periodic breast examinations and mammograms

Prenatal care

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