Health Belief Model For Health Education
Health Education Model for Smoking Cessation
Smoking continues to be one of the largest preventable causes of death in the United States, and it is increasing among young females and adolescents. One in five will die from lung cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease, or heart disease. It should be the goal of all health care professionals to encourage smoking cessation to assist in reducing the number of smoke-related diseases and/or fatalities (Max, Hai-Yen, & Yangling, 2012).
A Model for Health Education
An excellent model for education with regards to smoking cessation is the Health Belief Model (HBM). The HBM was established in the 1950s, it is the oldest and most popular model used in nursing education and preventative health behaviors. …show more content…
Some teens and adults use smoking as a lifestyle coping tool; to relieve stress, relax, calm nerves, look mature, or use it as a conversation centerpiece. Regardless of the reason a person smokes the outcome is still the same, addiction and damage to the body or possible death. Part of a health care professional’s responsibility is to educate people on the dangers of addictions and encourage them to quit in addition to providing the necessary resources. Over the many years, various models have been developed to help nurses target certain health behaviors and help adjust or change them. The outcome may not always be a positive result, but the only thing one can do is use the tools already created to help alter a person’s perception of their behavior/habit. There may be some who do not try to quit, some may attempt to quit but fail, and some may not see the dangers of a habit that makes them feel good. At the end of the day it is up to the person to accept the help/education and put it to …show more content…
(2006). Guide to quitting smoking. Retrieved from http://www.casemo.org/about/index.shtml
American Lung Association. (2013). Why quit smoking. Retrieved from http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/how-to-quit/why-quit/
Costello, M., Logel, C., Fong, G. T., Zanna, M. P., & McDonald, P. W. (2012). Perceived Risk and Quitting Behaviors: Results from the ITC 4-Country Survey. American Journal of Health Behavior, 36(5), 681-692. doi:10.5993/AJHB.36.5.10
Max, W., Hai-Yen, S., & Yangling, S. (2012). Deaths From Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the
United States: Economic Implications. American Journal of Public Health, 102(11),
2173-2780. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300805
Sharma, M. & Romas, J. (2012). Theoretical foundations of health education and health promotion (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett
Smoking continues to be one of the largest preventable causes of death in the United States, and it is increasing among young females and adolescents. One in five will die from lung cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease, or heart disease. It should be the goal of all health care professionals to encourage smoking cessation to assist in reducing the number of smoke-related diseases and/or fatalities (Max, Hai-Yen, & Yangling, 2012).
A Model for Health Education
An excellent model for education with regards to smoking cessation is the Health Belief Model (HBM). The HBM was established in the 1950s, it is the oldest and most popular model used in nursing education and preventative health behaviors. …show more content…
Some teens and adults use smoking as a lifestyle coping tool; to relieve stress, relax, calm nerves, look mature, or use it as a conversation centerpiece. Regardless of the reason a person smokes the outcome is still the same, addiction and damage to the body or possible death. Part of a health care professional’s responsibility is to educate people on the dangers of addictions and encourage them to quit in addition to providing the necessary resources. Over the many years, various models have been developed to help nurses target certain health behaviors and help adjust or change them. The outcome may not always be a positive result, but the only thing one can do is use the tools already created to help alter a person’s perception of their behavior/habit. There may be some who do not try to quit, some may attempt to quit but fail, and some may not see the dangers of a habit that makes them feel good. At the end of the day it is up to the person to accept the help/education and put it to …show more content…
(2006). Guide to quitting smoking. Retrieved from http://www.casemo.org/about/index.shtml
American Lung Association. (2013). Why quit smoking. Retrieved from http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/how-to-quit/why-quit/
Costello, M., Logel, C., Fong, G. T., Zanna, M. P., & McDonald, P. W. (2012). Perceived Risk and Quitting Behaviors: Results from the ITC 4-Country Survey. American Journal of Health Behavior, 36(5), 681-692. doi:10.5993/AJHB.36.5.10
Max, W., Hai-Yen, S., & Yangling, S. (2012). Deaths From Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the
United States: Economic Implications. American Journal of Public Health, 102(11),
2173-2780. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300805
Sharma, M. & Romas, J. (2012). Theoretical foundations of health education and health promotion (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett