Order the goals of the levels of prevention as they progress through the public health model set forth by Gerald Caplan. (Enter the number of each step in the proper sequence, using comma and space format, such as: 1, 2, 3,

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According to Gerald Caplan's Public Health Model, prevention has three levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention is aimed at reducing the incidence of mental disorders within the population and is represented by option C. Secondary prevention is focused on minimizing early symptoms of psychiatric illness and reducing the prevalence and duration of illness, represented by option A. Tertiary prevention is aimed at reducing the residual defects that are associated with severe and persistent mental illness, represented by option B. Therefore, the proper sequence for the goals of the levels of prevention is C, A, B.

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