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NUR-103 route
Unit 3 · Lesson 3 of 4 10 min

Primary Prevention

The cheapest patient to treat is the one who never falls sick. Here is how PHC makes that happen.

What this unit covers

Unit 3: Levels of Health Care and Levels of Prevention

  1. 1 Levels of Health Care and the Referral SystemWhy a headache should start at the health centre, and how a patient climbs to the teaching hospital only when needed. · 10 min
  2. 2 Natural History of Disease and Levels of PreventionEvery disease has a life story. Prevention means interrupting it, and the chapter you interrupt decides the level. · 10 min
  3. 3 Primary PreventionThe cheapest patient to treat is the one who never falls sick. Here is how PHC makes that happen. · 10 min
  4. 4 Secondary and Tertiary PreventionWhen prevention fails to stop a disease starting, it can still stop it winning. · 12 min