Question

A patient at the community clinic asks the nurse about health promotion activities that she can do, because she is concerned about getting diabetes mellitus, her grandfather and father both having the disease. This statement reflects that the patient is in which stage of the health belief model?

Answer 1

Answer:

The pacient is in the of: a perceived susceptibility to the disease.

Explanation:

The patient is at a stage of perceived susceptibility to the disease because she thinks she can get that disease. She is worried to take some measures in order to avoid this. She thinks that as the members of her family has that disease, she worries she might also.

Answer 2

Answer: Perceived susceptibility to the disease

Explanation:

Health Promotion Model was designed by Nola J. Pender to be a counterpart to models of health protection. It defines health as a positive dynamic state rather than simply the absence of disease. Health promotion is directed at increasing a patient’s level of well-being.