A patient says that if her husband who smoked two packs a day could quit, she could quit smoking too. The nurse realizes this patient is planning to implement which model of health?
a. health promotion c. high-level wellness
b. social learning d. health-belief
A
The health-belief model assumes that expectations direct behaviors that lead to fulfillment of the expectation. The high-level wellness model believes that health is influenced by the interaction among the individual, family, and community. Within the social learning model, it is assumed that beliefs strongly influence actions. The health promotion model assumes that health-promoting behavior is influenced by significant others who model the behavior, expect the behavior to occur, and facilitate the behavior.
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