The public health approach is characterized by all of the following steps EXCEPT
A) identifying the disease and developing a reliable method of diagnosis.
B) developing prevention programs.
C) researchers tend to focus on the person, the environment, and the agent.
D) encouraging effective coping strategies.
E) developing a theory of the course of development taken by the disease.

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The public health approach is characterized by identifying the disease and developing a reliable method of diagnosis, developing prevention programs, researchers tend to focus on the person, the environment, and the agent, and developing a theory of the course of development taken by the disease. However, encouraging effective coping strategies is not a step in the public health approach.

The Public Health Approach Is Characterized by All of the Following