Health promotion: practice question

A PSM question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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PSM · Health promotion

Sample item

What is an example of primordial prevention?

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The answer and the reasoning

B. Designing walkable neighbourhoods before risk factors develop

Primordial prevention prevents emergence of risk factors by shaping social and environmental conditions, such as supportive urban design and healthy-food policy.

Option by option

  • A. Giving statin after myocardial infarction

    Post-infarct statin is secondary prevention.

  • B. Designing walkable neighbourhoods before risk factors develop (correct)

    Correct: it acts before individual risk factors arise.

  • C. Screening for cervical dysplasia

    Screening is secondary prevention.

  • D. Treating established diabetes

    Diabetes treatment is tertiary or clinical care.

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What is the answer to this PSM question?

The best answer is B, Designing walkable neighbourhoods before risk factors develop. Primordial prevention prevents emergence of risk factors by shaping social and environmental conditions, such as supportive urban design and healthy-food policy.

Why is "Giving statin after myocardial infarction" not the answer?

Post-infarct statin is secondary prevention.

Why is "Screening for cervical dysplasia" not the answer?

Screening is secondary prevention.

Why is "Treating established diabetes" not the answer?

Diabetes treatment is tertiary or clinical care.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Health promotion in PSM. The correct option holds because: Correct: it acts before individual risk factors arise.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Health promotion?

Practise biostatistics with small calculations until sensitivity, predictive values and risk measures are automatic. Then use the flashcards and the other PSM questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.