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    Using either the health belief model or the health promotion model‚ identify its major concepts and assumptions. Explain how the family nurse can design care for families using one of the models. The Health Belief Model correlates culture with the individuals understanding of the severity of the illness and susceptibility. If an individual does not perceive the severity and susceptibility as a threat‚ the individual will not act or seek healthcare. Cultural beliefs and practices will influence the

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    Superstitious Beliefs How Do They Affect a Believer’s Faith? Some particular adherents of various religious faiths will often argue that superstitious belief and religion are fundamentally different types of beliefs. But how do these two differ and how does one affect the other? The Roman Catholic Church has been considered the largest Christian church in the world‚ having more than a billion members. The church is usually what associates with the word "faith" and so the believers range from the

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    public health‚ authors Zhi-Juan Cao‚ Yue Chen‚ and Shu-Mei Wang evaluated community-based education programs of injury prevention among high school students based on the Health Belief Model. The purpose of this article is to reveal that even though there are a variety of community-based programs‚ there are not enough evaluations of how effective these various community-based programs are. In order to investigate how effective community-based health education is on students’ health beliefs‚ a pre-intervention

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    Culture can be defined as the aspects that make up a group of people‚ ranging from religious beliefs to the food that is common to that area of the world (Zimmerman‚ 2017). Culture varies from region to region and is passed to the next generation. It can change throughout time and is shaped by historical events and times of conflict. One country that is rich in culture is England. Being one of America’s strongest allies and the fact that the English were some of the earliest American

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    Cross-cultural Medidine Culture Shock A Review of Vietnamese Culture and Its Concepts of Health and Disease MAJ DUONG NGUYEN‚ MC‚ USA‚ Tacoma‚ Washington Misunderstandings of Vietnamese culture and beliefs have led to many unfortunate incidents in the United States‚ including court cases for child abuse and even suicide. These can be avoided by an awareness of the cultural background of the Vietnamese‚ their philosophy oflife and the influence of religion and beliefs on their personalities‚ both

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    How does culture affect diagnosis? (12) Culture can affect the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders‚ as different cultures have different attitudes to mental disorders. In Morocco‚ for example‚ it is thought you can catch a mental illness accidentally by encountering some sorcery‚ such as stepping on it. They truly believe mental disorders come from sorcery and evil things. This affects treatment and how the mentally ill person is seen – they are often feared as there is a possibility the

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    personal‚ demographic‚ environmental and cognitive. We will also look at behavioural change models they are; transtheoretical model — Prochaska and Di Clemente; health belief model‚ theory of planned behaviour. Why people exercise People exercise for many reasons. For example‚ someone who is severely overweight may exercise to improve their health by shedding pounds. Others may exercise for appearance reasons‚ such as gaining a certain muscle tone. Some may exercise just to stay healthy as part of a dual

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    advantages and disadvantages of the Health Belief Model in explaining Health-related behaviour. Although the importance of preventive health cares‚ many people do not behave in a manner that will look after their own health. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one relevant theory that claims to predict or control health behaviour .HBM was developed by researchers at US Public Health Service in 1974. Since the last comprehensive review in 1974‚ the Health Belief Model has continued to be the focus

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    In a globalised world the spread of English has adversely affected language diversity and cultural identity. Agree‚ disagree or partly agree. This essay examines the impact the adoption of English as a common language has had on the languages and culture of the Aboriginal people of Australia. I will argue that factors other than the spread of English have adversely affected Australian Aboriginal (Aboriginal) language diversity and that Aboriginal cultural identity is not rooted solely in language

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    reaction. The Health Belief Model‚ which is also known as the Health Behavior Model is one of the first psychological theories to describe perceived threat in relation to health behavior. It was developed in the 1950s by researchers and was derived from psychological and behavioral theory with the foundation that the two components of health-related behavior are the desire to avoid illness‚ or conversely get well if already ill. It is also based on the belief that a specific health action will prevent

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