Which option is NOT typically considered preventive care?

• A. Blood pressure screening
• B. Cancer screening
• C. Immunizations
• D. Chronic disease management

Answer: (D)

Preventive care focuses on preventing disease or catching it early. Blood pressure screening helps identify hypertension before it causes problems, cancer screening detects cancers at an early, more treatable stage, and immunizations prevent infections from occurring in the first place. Chronic disease management, however, centers on caring for a condition that already exists, aiming to control symptoms and prevent complications rather than preventing the disease itself. In this sense, it’s about ongoing treatment of an illness rather than primary or secondary prevention. So the option that isn’t typically considered preventive care is chronic disease management.