1. HealthSmarts Keeping Tabs On Your Health

2. Prevention Primary Secondary Tertiary

3. Primary Prevention Preventing disease or injury from occurring. Vaccinations Seatbelt use Wearing a bike helmet

4. Detecting disease at an early stage; preventing more serious consequences. Secondary Prevention Mammogram Monitoring Blood Pressure Cholesterol checks

5. Tertiary Prevention Preventing complications or further problems as a result of a disease or injury. Use of drugs to prevent complications Rehabilitation

6. We Can’t Rely on Others to Take Care of Our Health. OUR Health Is OUR Responsibility.

7. No test is perfect. No test is 100% reliable. No test is 100% accurate. Tests Can Help but Remember…

8. Positive tests should be followed up with more investigation. Negative tests do not mean that you do not have to continue being tested.

9. Which health screenings or medical tests are recommended for you? Age Gender Health Other considerations

10. Recommended Tests for Healthy Women, Ages 18-34 TestFrequency Cervical Cancer (Pap Smear) Every 1-3 years Blood PressureEvery 2 years Height/weightPeriodically Tests For STD’sIf sexually active Prenatal careFrom first trimester

11. Recommended Tests for Healthy Men, Ages 18-34 TestFrequency Blood PressureEvery 2 years Height/weightPeriodically Tests for STD’sIf sexually active

12. Recommended Tests for Healthy Women, Ages 35-49 TestFrequency Cervical Cancer: Pap Smear Every 1-3 years Breast Cancer: Mammogram Age 40 and above every 1-2 years CholesterolPeriodically

13. TestFrequency Blood PressureEvery 2 years Height/weightPeriodically Prenatal CareFrom first trimester Recommended Tests for Healthy Women, Ages 35-49 (continued)

14. Recommended Tests for Healthy Men, Ages 35-49 TestFrequency CholesterolPeriodically Blood PressureEvery 2 years Height/weightPeriodically

15. Recommended Tests for Healthy Women, Ages 50-64 TestFrequency Cervical Cancer: Pap Smear Every 1-3 years Breast Cancer:Mammogram Every 1-2 years CholesterolPeriodically

16. TestFrequency Blood PressureEvery 2 years Colorectal CancerPeriodically DiabetesEvery 3 years Height/weightPeriodically Recommended Tests for Healthy Women, Ages 50-64 (continued)

17. TestFrequency CholesterolPeriodically Blood PressureEvery 2 years Colorectal CancerPeriodically Prostate CancerConsult physician DiabetesEvery 3 years Height/weightPeriodically Recommended Tests for Healthy Men, Ages 50-64

18. Remember, Your Health Is Your Responsibility!

19. For more information please refer to the HealthSmarts newsletter on your mini-CD