Question

In a broad sense, apply a stages of change framework to a health communications campaign in which the goal is to reduce the risk for (and incidence of) certain types of cancer in a rural community where those cancers are known to be associated with exposure to mercury. One key source of exposure is eating popular locally-caught fish that have high concentrations of mercury from upstream factory pollution. (4-5 Paragraphs)

Answer 1

The goal is to reduce the risk for certain cancers in a rural community include :

• Educate the patient for the prevention focusing on health education this is the primary prevention
• secondary prevention include life style modification, vaccination, advocacy of cancer screening and early detection
• The teritory prevention which focus on the primary care

The methods for prevention of cancer in community were different based on the types of cancer

1. primary care policy
2. Hometown work place
3. Health practice skills

The morbidity and mortality of cancer can also be reduced through screening and prevention;

• The primary prevention is that by altering the cancer risk behaviour
• The secondary prevention screening and early detection which will slow or stop cancer progression.
• The teritory prevention which aim to prevent progression of disease by making medical intervent