The nurse recognizes that which concept of prevention is essential in describing health?

A) Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment.
B) The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are not preventable.
C) Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal behavior.
D) The means to prevention is through treatment provided by primary health care practitioners.

A natural progression to prevention rounds out the present concept of health. Guidelines to prevention place the emphasis on the link between health and personal behavior. Although treating the environment may help in preventing some diseases, not all diseases can be prevented by treating the external environment. The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are preventable. The means to prevention is achieved through counseling primary care providers designed to change people's unhealthy behaviors r/t smoking, alcohol and other drug use, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, injuries, and sexually transmitted infections.