The nurse working to promote a client's health identifies that the client did not finish high school. Using Pender's Health-Promotion Model, the nurse classifies this information as which personal factor?
1. Biologic
2. Psychologic
3. Sociocultural
4. Affect
Correct Answer: 3
Personal factors in Pender's model include biologic, psychologic, sociocultural, cognitions, affect, and health behaviors. Education level is described as sociocultural. Biologic factors include such factors as age, gender, and familial disease risk. Psychologic factors include such characteristics as self-esteem, self-motivation, and perceptions of health status. Affect is also a psychologic factor.
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