CORRECT AND WELL DETAILED
Health Education - ANSWER involves providing relevant information but also facilitating
health related behavior changes
facilitates the development of health knowledge, skills and attitudes through the application of
theories and models
providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy
decisions
1) involves the use of teaching learning strategies
2) learners provide voluntary control over the decision to make changes
3) health education focuses on behavior changes that improve health status
A goal is empowerment
Empowerment - ANSWER people who believe they can make a difference in health and
who are involved in decision making are more likely to change
Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice - ANSWER describes health teaching and health
promotion as primary nursing responsibilities
educating people about healthy lifestyles, risk reduction, developmental needs and preventive
self care
teaching and counseling is based on individual interests and decisions to enable individuals to
make informed decisions regarding their own health
,goal is to improve the health and well-being of all individuals, communities, and populations
through the significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standards-based
practice
Health People 2020 - ANSWER priority to promote positive health behaviors, increase
health literacy and reduce health disparities
early health literacy
developing healthy citizens not only by delivering basic health promotion and disease
prevention concepts and encouraging risk reduction behaviors but also demonstrating the
value of the connection between the individual and the community
Nurses are the link between people and Healthy People 2020
Goal is to increase the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and community
based programs designed to prevent disease and injury, improve health and enhance the
quality of all lives
Strategies to promote health literacy - ANSWER Create a shame free environment
encourage questions
show respect and empathy
invite friends and family
simplify care and treatment regimens
Use Clear Purposeful Communication
avoid medical jargon
limit key points to less than 3
face person when speaking
, Communication in a Person Centered Manner
identify persons personal motivators
assess unique interests and activities
address persons main concerns
Health Literacy - ANSWER the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain,
process and understand health information and services to be able to make appropriate health
decisions
about communicating health information clearly and understanding it correctly
includes the ability to read, write, speak and comprehend and then be able to apply those skills
in health situations
ability to communicate clearly with people from all literacy levels is important in being able to
provide person centered health education
Health Disparities - ANSWER systematic, potentially avoidable health differences that
adversely affect socially disadvantaged groups
addressing health literacy levels and providing culturally sensitive health education is crucial to
reducing health disparities and achieving health equity
Box 10-3 How to Facilitate Learning - ANSWER Use methods that stimulate the senses
Involve the person in an active learning process
Establish Comfortable Environment
Access the Readiness of the learner
Make the Information Relevant
Use Repetition
Make the Learning Positive
, Start with what is known and proceed to what is unknown
Move from simple to Complex
Pace the learning
Health Behavior - ANSWER Any health-related action undertaken by a person to prevent
or detect disease, protect health, or promote a higher level of health.
any activity that an individual undertakes to enhance health, prevent disease and detect and
control symptoms of disease
beliefs, attitudes and values contribute to the motivation and behavior and are underlying
factors in making any decision to change a behavior
Identifying and teaching people about lifestyle behaviors that need to be changed is the 1st
step in assisting individuals in moving from knowledge to action
Personal attributes, beliefs, motives, values, ect., personality characteristics, that relate to
health maintenance, to health restoration, and to health improvement
Health Belief Model - ANSWER used to predict and explain health behavior
developed to describe why people failed to participate in programs that detect or prevent
disease
explains the roles of values and beliefs in predicting treatment outcomes and adherence
Suggests that an individual's decision to adopt healthy behaviors is based upon their
perception of susceptibility to an illness
Health Education - ANSWER involves providing relevant information but also facilitating
health related behavior changes
facilitates the development of health knowledge, skills and attitudes through the application of
theories and models
providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy
decisions
1) involves the use of teaching learning strategies
2) learners provide voluntary control over the decision to make changes
3) health education focuses on behavior changes that improve health status
A goal is empowerment
Empowerment - ANSWER people who believe they can make a difference in health and
who are involved in decision making are more likely to change
Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice - ANSWER describes health teaching and health
promotion as primary nursing responsibilities
educating people about healthy lifestyles, risk reduction, developmental needs and preventive
self care
teaching and counseling is based on individual interests and decisions to enable individuals to
make informed decisions regarding their own health
,goal is to improve the health and well-being of all individuals, communities, and populations
through the significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standards-based
practice
Health People 2020 - ANSWER priority to promote positive health behaviors, increase
health literacy and reduce health disparities
early health literacy
developing healthy citizens not only by delivering basic health promotion and disease
prevention concepts and encouraging risk reduction behaviors but also demonstrating the
value of the connection between the individual and the community
Nurses are the link between people and Healthy People 2020
Goal is to increase the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and community
based programs designed to prevent disease and injury, improve health and enhance the
quality of all lives
Strategies to promote health literacy - ANSWER Create a shame free environment
encourage questions
show respect and empathy
invite friends and family
simplify care and treatment regimens
Use Clear Purposeful Communication
avoid medical jargon
limit key points to less than 3
face person when speaking
, Communication in a Person Centered Manner
identify persons personal motivators
assess unique interests and activities
address persons main concerns
Health Literacy - ANSWER the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain,
process and understand health information and services to be able to make appropriate health
decisions
about communicating health information clearly and understanding it correctly
includes the ability to read, write, speak and comprehend and then be able to apply those skills
in health situations
ability to communicate clearly with people from all literacy levels is important in being able to
provide person centered health education
Health Disparities - ANSWER systematic, potentially avoidable health differences that
adversely affect socially disadvantaged groups
addressing health literacy levels and providing culturally sensitive health education is crucial to
reducing health disparities and achieving health equity
Box 10-3 How to Facilitate Learning - ANSWER Use methods that stimulate the senses
Involve the person in an active learning process
Establish Comfortable Environment
Access the Readiness of the learner
Make the Information Relevant
Use Repetition
Make the Learning Positive
, Start with what is known and proceed to what is unknown
Move from simple to Complex
Pace the learning
Health Behavior - ANSWER Any health-related action undertaken by a person to prevent
or detect disease, protect health, or promote a higher level of health.
any activity that an individual undertakes to enhance health, prevent disease and detect and
control symptoms of disease
beliefs, attitudes and values contribute to the motivation and behavior and are underlying
factors in making any decision to change a behavior
Identifying and teaching people about lifestyle behaviors that need to be changed is the 1st
step in assisting individuals in moving from knowledge to action
Personal attributes, beliefs, motives, values, ect., personality characteristics, that relate to
health maintenance, to health restoration, and to health improvement
Health Belief Model - ANSWER used to predict and explain health behavior
developed to describe why people failed to participate in programs that detect or prevent
disease
explains the roles of values and beliefs in predicting treatment outcomes and adherence
Suggests that an individual's decision to adopt healthy behaviors is based upon their
perception of susceptibility to an illness
