Question

Which of the following is a prevention used by a state public health agency? Educating children about the dangers of drugs Requiring vaccinations of public school children Taxing tobacco products to discourage their use Constructing sidewalks for walking on city streets

Answer 1

Answer:

c) requiring vaccination for public school children

Explanation:

Pulse Polio vaccination to eradicate Polio virus from India is the best example. All children are urged to take oral polio vaccine in the country country at regular intervals so that the epidemiological triad of the disease is broken.

This process is very effective as polio virus has a faeco-oral route of transmission.This level of disease prevention is known as primary prevention.