Rose Prevention Paradox (Presentation Slide)
Rose Prevention Paradox (Presentation Slide)
Rose Prevention Paradox (Presentation Slide)
Paradox
Prepared by:
1. Nur Aqilah Binti Azmi (055644)
2. Teh Nuraqilah Binti Mohamad Yusoff (054398)
Introduction
Primary prevention: By epidemiologist Geoffrey
Rose
- Population strategy
- High-risk individual A large number of people
strategy exposed to a low risk is likely
to produce more cases than
Rose prevention paradox: a small number of people
A preventative measure that exposed to a high risk
brings large benefits to the
community offers little to
each participating individual
Palliative and temporary - not radical Poor motivation of subject & physician
Finding:
● Half of the new infections - top half of the
exposure with smallest number of people.
● Half of new infection also found - bottom
half of exposure with largest number of
people.
Limitation
Identifying those at high
Certain health
risk; and last, sudden
death, the disease's late, intervention should
unexpected, and focus on the high-risk
frequently fatal first population
symptom.