After completing this module, students will be able to:

1. Discuss the importance of prevention in terms of health outcomes and economic impact
2. Describe strategies for incorporating prevention into healthcare settings
3. Describe and categorize the essential elements of a preventive history
4. Take a preventive history and develop a prevention plan
5. Identify age-specific Preventive History using the Life Course Preventive History Chart
6. Explain the role of the US Preventive Services Task Force in improving health outcomes

Class Lecture Materials

PowerPoint    |    Transcript [pdf]

PowerPoint    |    Transcript [pdf]

PowerPoint    |    Transcript [pdf]

Supplemental Materials

• Age-Specific Preventive History Chart: Adult
• Age-Specific Preventive History Chart: Child and Adolescent

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Resources

• Taking a Preventive History - PowerPoint References (PDF) 
• Taking a Preventive History - Resources (PDF)