Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

  Cultural Diversity and Community Nursing

 Environmental Health

Read chapter 4, 13, and 14 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations.  Once done answer the following questions;

• Discuss various theories of health promotion, including Pender’s Health Promotion Model, The Health Belief Model, the Transtheoretical Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action.
• List and discuss health behaviors for health promotion and disease prevention.
• Apply and discuss the principles of transcultural nursing to community health nursing.
• Apply and discuss the basic concepts of critical theory to environmental health nursing problems.

Sample Solution

Theories of Health Promotion

There are various theories of health promotion, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. The Pender Health Promotion Model emphasizes that health is a positive concept, and that a person’s behavior is influenced by their personal characteristics, behavior-specific cognitions, and affect. The Health Belief Model is a psychological model that explains and predicts health behaviors. It suggests that a person’s beliefs about the severity of a health problem, their susceptibility to it, and the benefits and barriers to taking action are important determinants of their behavior. The Transtheoretical Theory explains the process of behavior change and suggests that people move through different stages of readiness to change their behavior. The Theory of Reasoned Action suggests that a person’s behavior is influenced by their intention to perform the behavior and the attitudes and beliefs of significant others.

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