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HealthSmarts Keeping Tabs On Your Health. Prevention Primary Secondary Tertiary.

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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

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