This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
[{'content': 'Active search for disease in an apparently healthy individual is k/a - \nSelect and explain. \nA. Monitoring, B. Case finding, C. Screening, D. Sentinel surveillance', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': "Answer: C \nExplanation: Screening\n\nScreening is the search for unrecognized disease by means of rapidly applied tests or examinations in an apparently healthy individuals.\nIn simple words, screening is the active search for disease among apparently healthy people.\nThe intention of screening is to identify disease in a community early, thus enabling earlier intervention and management in hope to reduce mortality and suffering from a disease.\nScreening may be\n\n\nPrescriptive screening: - people are screened for their own benefit. For example:- case detection by pap smear.\nProspective screening: - people are screened for other's benefit.\xa0For example:- screening of immigrant for the disease which is not present in that area.\n\nScreening test\nScreening test is a test for a particular disease given to asymptomatic people.", 'role': 'assistant'}]