The nurse educator is teaching a group of nursing students about the health belief model. Which construct of the health belief model suggests that individuals have the capacity to believe in their own ability to make change?
Risk susceptibility
Benefits to action
Cues to action
Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy
According to the health belief model, self-efficacy is a belief that one has the capacity to change or influence one’s health. Risk susceptibility means that individuals are more likely to take action to decrease their risk for negative health outcomes if they perceive they are at greater risk. Benefits to action refer to the perception of the value or benefit of engaging in a behavior to decrease risk for developing a disease. Cues to action are events, people, or things that may motivate people to change behavior.
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