The nurse is performing a community needs assessment. Which concept is accurate regarding the influence that an individual's peers can have on health promotion behaviors?
a. Peers are more often associated with negatively influencing individual health promotion behaviors.
b. Only adolescents and the elderly are susceptible to peer influences regarding health promotion behaviors.
c. Peers can positively influence health promotion behaviors, especially if the peer is experiencing benefits from the behavior.
d. Celebrity spokespersons have been found to have very little impact on individual health promotion behaviors.
c. Peers can positively influence health promotion behaviors, especially if the peer is experiencing benefits from the behavior.
Peers can have a powerful and positive influence on individual health promotion behaviors. Peers are especially influential when they have experienced improvements in their health that can be visualized by others. Peers can exert more influence during specific life stages. Celebrity spokespersons are often seen by community members as their peers and they do have the power to promote positive lifestyle changes.
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