The Health Promotion Model

Health promotion is the process of fostering awareness, influencing attitudes and identifying alternatives so that people can make informed choices and change behavior to achieve an optimal level of physical and mental health and improve their physical and social environments (Black and Hawk, 2005).Health Promotion Model also recognizes that interpersonal influences affect an individual’s behavior. Interpersonal influences, which include expectations significant others, the social support received, and observational learning, come from family, peers, and health care providers (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2006). Two activities to promote health are: These are the behaviors nurses implement