A nurse uses the Community Health Promotion Model to address the problem of increasing teenage pregnancy rates in the community. Which of the following steps would be used by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
a. Identifying interest in the topic through use of community forums
b. Building a partnership with parents of teenagers to address this problem
c. Counseling teenagers about effective birth control methods
d. Contacting other cities with similar prob-lems and issues
e. Referring teenagers to Planned Parenthood
ANS: A, B
The implementation of the Community Health Promotion Model includes identifying interest by community forums and building the partnership. Counseling and referring teenagers and con-tacting other cities may be used by the nurse but are not part of the steps identified by the Com-munity Health Promotion Model.
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