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Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

Health Screenings

Counseling and Education

There is good evidence to support counseling on these topics. Counseling should be included in a periodic health examination. There is fair evidence to support counseling on these topics. Counseling should be included in a periodic health examination. There may be insufficient direct evidence that counseling on these topics leads to a specific change of behavior; however, there is evidence linking these topics to health conditions and/or diseases.

-Limit dietary fat

-Tobacco cessation

-Problem drinking

-Advance directives

-Caloric balance/nutrient balance

-Physical activity

-Drinking and driving motor vehicles

-Safety belts

-Protection from ultraviolet (UV) light

-Dental and periodontal disease

-5 a day (fruits and vegetables)

-Calcium intake

-Alcohol and other drugs

-Motor vehicle operation

-Motor vehicles/bicycles

-Helmets for motorcyclists

-Safety helmets

-Fire safety

-Falls

-Water heater safety

-Firearm storage

-Promotion of nonviolent behavior and screen for family violence

-STD prevention

-Depression/anxiety awareness

-Coping skills/stress reduction

-Preventive care visits

 

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