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example consists of a self-help book combined with various interventions to

optimize cognitive skills and patient compliance, with the goal of reaching

appropriate medication use, in addition to learning to seek social support.

The role of the patient in prevention

 For prevention to be successful, the involvement of the patient is of utmost

importance.

 In the case of universal, primary prevention, the role of the patient as the

receiver of prevention can be limited.

 But in selective and indicated, secondary prevention, and certainly in

care-related, tertiary prevention, this is not possible. Without the

involvement of the receiver, prevention is often doomed to failure.

Fig. 3.2 Stages in a disease process. According to: Gunning-Schepers et al. (1995)

In Fig. 3.2, the disease process in time is displayed (Gunning-Schepers et

al. 1995). From a nursing point of view, it starts with universal, primary

prevention. Universal, primary prevention is followed by secondary prevention

and finally by care-related, tertiary prevention.

 In the first stage, universal, primary prevention is aimed at preventing

health problems in a person (with a possibly increased risk).

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