What is the main aim of the National Prevention Strategy?

• A. A system focused on treating illness after it occurs
• B. A system based on wellness and prevention
• C. A system centered on urgent care services
• D. A system that eliminates preventive services

Answer: (B)

The main idea is to shift health efforts toward preventing illness and injury and promoting overall wellness across communities. The National Prevention Strategy aims to create a system that supports healthier choices, healthier environments, and access to preventive services, coordinating actions across health care, public health, and related sectors to reduce preventable disease and health disparities. This proactive, prevention-focused approach stands in contrast to models that wait to treat illness after it occurs, rely mainly on urgent or acute care, or ignore preventive services. By emphasizing wellness and prevention as the foundation of the health system, the strategy seeks to improve population health and reduce the burden of preventable conditions.