ANA Position Statement - 7/2/95
Nursing must expand its efforts to design and implement interventions
which support promotion of health and prevention of disease/illness and
disability. Preventing illness and staying well involve complex,
multidimensional activities focused not only on the individual, but also
on families, groups and populations. Approaches to prevention should be
comprehensive, encompass primary, secondary and tertiary levels of
prevention and involve consumers in their formulation. Prevention
strategies are more likely to be adopted by citizens who participate in
influencing and developing such strategies.
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