Illness prevention focuses on which of the following outcomes?

• A. Motivate people to avoid decline in health or functional levels
• B. Treating disease after onset
• C. Managing chronic illness
• D. Palliative care

Answer: (D)

Illness prevention aims to keep people healthy and prevent disease before it starts, so the outcome is motivating individuals to avoid declines in health or functional status. This reflects activities that protect health and avoid illness through actions like vaccination, health promotion, screenings, and reducing risk factors. The other options describe care that occurs after illness has already developed or focuses on comfort rather than prevention: treating disease after onset is about addressing illness once it appears, managing chronic illness involves ongoing care for existing long-term conditions, and palliative care centers on relief of suffering and quality of life for those with serious illness. Hence, the prevention-focused outcome is to motivate people to avoid health decline or loss of function.