PREVENTION LEVELS FOR DIABETIC FOOT
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
Authors
1Sandra Romero Escobar, 2Gloria María Romero Vazquez, 3Ana Isabel Pliego Martín
Position
1Enfermera. Centro de Salud Dra. Inmaculada Vieira Fuentes (Centro de Salud de Letanías). Distrito Sanitario de Atención Primaria Sevilla.2Enfermera. Unidad de Reanimación Postquirúrgica. Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla.3Enfermera. Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Hospital de Osuna). Sevilla.
Contact email: sromero_e@yahoo.es
Abstract
The concept of disease prevention is much wider than just avoiding the disease. Rather, it is a multiple-level action involving health promotion, disease prevention (primary prevention), early detection, and prompt disease therapy, disability limiting (secondary prevention), and rehabilitation (tertiary prevention).
All such levels in prevention are approached in the present work, as a crucial method to avoid diabetic foot occurrence and its complications. Risk factors are highlighted and the need for both patient and healthcare team education is emphasized as a way to solve the problem from a multidisciplinary view.
All such levels in prevention are approached in the present work, as a crucial method to avoid diabetic foot occurrence and its complications. Risk factors are highlighted and the need for both patient and healthcare team education is emphasized as a way to solve the problem from a multidisciplinary view.
Keywords:
diabetic foot; educationprevention levels
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