Which item is listed as a Health Promotion method?

• A. Genetic Counseling
• B. Immunization
• C. Vector control
• D. Safe water supplies

Answer: (A)

Health promotion focuses on empowering people with information and guidance to improve their health and make informed choices. Genetic counseling does this by explaining how inherited conditions occur, assessing individual and family risk, and presenting options such as targeted screening, preventive measures, or reproductive decisions. This education enables people to act in ways that promote long-term health for themselves and their families, which is the essence of health promotion in nursing practice.

Immunization, vector control, and ensuring safe water are key disease prevention and environmental health actions that reduce illness at the population level. They prevent exposure or transmission of diseases rather than guiding personal health decisions or providing individualized educational counseling, which is why they’re more aligned with disease prevention and environmental health than with health promotion in this context.