Health Belief Model In The Community Nursing Practice

In the community nursing practice, health belief model can also be used by the practice nurses in GPs by bringing optimistic change in people’s health related behaviours and helping people to quit smoking.

The practice nurse can educate the patients about the perceived susceptibility which means the chances of developing the chronic illnesses and perceived severity which means the extreme seriousness of long-term health conditions helping people to believe the risk of lung cancer and heart disease caused by smoking.

Additionally, by informing the perceived benefits of quitting smoking and decreasing the perceived barriers such as by providing free one-to-one stop smoking service sessions can help people understand the advantages and effectiveness