Health Motivation And Its Effects On Health

Nola Pender’s health promotion model is an organizing structure that establishes how nurses and patients can work together to aid individuals in achieving optimal health outcomes through health promotion engagement. The model of health promotion is multifaceted in the nature that it is applicable across the lifespan in various settings and situations and has also been revised to mirror more effective outcomes of patient well-being. The model’s development was based primarily on Pender’s life experiences and was cultivated from the social cognitive theory and the expectancy value model of human motivation. The model has been utilized to develop several instruments including the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) and the Exercise Benefits-Barriers Scale (EBBS). The initial version of the health promotion model presented seven cognitive-perceptual factors and five modifying factors to define and forecast health. The later revised version that continues to be in use in today’s practice contains three new variables. The model recognizes fourteen theoretical propositions and is based off seven assumptions of the elements of person, environment, and health. The model of health promotion is useful in clinical practice, education, and research settings and has influenced critical thinking and practice decisions leading to evidence-based practice. There have been several advances in the health promotion model; however, there are improvements still to be made. The purpose of

Somewhere in every person’s life, there is a moment. A life changing situation that turns their entire world upside down. It could happen at any point, during adolescence or adulthood, and the result is the same. When life changes and shifts into something new, something has got to give, and it isn’t always a pleasant feeling. However, these same situations are what gives people strength and motivation to do something that could better themselves if the motivation come from the right place. Motivation stems from strange situations. It can be from a song, a conversation with a friend or a family member, or a random quote that was found on the internet, through a meme search, to post of Facebook. Either way the result is the same. Webster’s

I have perceived health promotion and disease prevention may be similar, but the strategies used to improve or implement may need to be approached in different ways depending on individual beliefs and values around the meaning of health Tengland, (2010). I trust, in order to improve or change health interventions, as a health care provider, I need to assess and learn more about the community I am trying to change or improve. I realized the importance of educating people about their health so they know how to take care of themselves (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014).

Participants: this study will help participants to improve their health promoting behaviors according to the least frequent healthy behavior.

The discussion board post initiated my thoughts regarding health promotion and disease prevention. Health promotion is a process that allows individuals to increase control over and improve health (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2011). The United States government developed a program, Healthy People, to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Healthy people increases public awareness of the determinants of health (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Utilizing Nola Pender’s model and healthy people objectives future opportunities for health promotion research and effective interventions for practice are limitless.

Therefore, nutrition educators can use this model in order to enhance awareness and motivation to take action to reduce risk of a health-related condition (Contento, 70).

This model has 5 stages; Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance however the individual may not move from stage 1-5. Implementation intentions make explicit the mechanisms that reduce the ‘gap’ between intentions and the attainment of a behavioural goal. The Health Belief model, The protection motivation Theory as well as the Theory of planned all describe how a set of beliefs influence a person’s health. Beliefs that people hold towards health such as attitude, control risk perception and confidence have major impacts on their behavior. If a person is characterized by the protective motivation theory for example that person will ask themselves how severe the illness is they are trying to prevent?

Motivation is literally the desire to do things. It’s the different between waking up before dawn to pound the pavement and lazing around the house all day. It’s the crucial element in setting and attaining goals – and research shows you can influence your own levels of motivation and self-control. (Psychology Today, 2014) An individual, while capable of determining their goals should align professional goals with the organization; in turn this organization will need to determine the motivation level of their employees through evaluation of the goals outlined by the employee and how to plan to attain those goals. Edward Deci and Richard Ryan (2008) examine in their self-determination theory people’s life goals or aspirations, showing differential relations of intrinsic versus extrinsic life goals to performance and psychological health. They discuss further that when people are controlled, they experience pressure to think, feel, or behave in particular ways. Both autonomous and controlled motivation energizes and direct behavior and they stand in contrast to amotivation , which refers to a lack of intention and motivation.

A 50 year old man collapses to the floor while clutching his chest; he is having a heart attack. After his stay at the hospital, he goes in for his first visit with the doctor since his incident and a plan of action should be chosen to avoid it from occurring again. An individual’s actions towards becoming healthier has many components to it. When creating a program for the community, researchers create surveys to find a more effective program that will really work. The Health Belief and the Theory of Reasoned Action models are two of the many ways to get a glimpse of how people think, in order to help them change their unhealthy lifestyles.

The theoretical framework applicable to this project is the Nola Pender’s Health Promotion Model. This theory reflects the multi-dimensional nature of the individuals, as they interact within their environment to promote health ("Nursing Theory," 2013). One of the model’s assumptions states that there are several factors that could influence the individual’s beliefs, affect, and enactment of health-promoting behavior. The desired behavioral outcome is health-promoting behavior directed toward attaining a

p. 630). The health promoting lifestyle model is grouped into cognitive-perceptual factors, modifying factors, and variables affecting the likelihood of action. "Cognitive-perceptual factors are identified as "the primary motivational mechanisms for acquisition and maintenance of health promoting behaviors. These factors include importance of health, perceived control of health, perceived efficacy, definition of health, perceived health status, and perceived benefits and barriers to health promoting behavior" (Wang, 2001, p. 204). The modifying factors of the model include demographic, biological, interpersonal, situational, and behavioral factors. According to Wang (2001) Pender stated "health promotion focuses on movement toward a positively valenced state of enhanced health and well-being" (p.205). Analyzing the case study using Pender's model will examine TW's factors and variables that are preventing her from losing weight.

In addition to multimedia learning theory, the health belief model (HBM), delivers a basis for understanding what mechanisms contribute to behavioral modification. Five theories help to develop the essence of the concept, which is that “personal beliefs influence health behavior” (Hayden, 2014). These theories include perceived seriousness, susceptibility, benefits, barriers, and self-efficacy. The model proposes that together these perceptions guide behavior.

When deciding on a health promoting behaviour I should change I looked no further than where we all spend almost half our lives, the bedroom. I would describe my sleeping habits to be alright if someone asked, but before attempting to change some of my current habits i would spend most of the day with droopy eyes wondering when the next opportunity for a nap would present itself. A mirage of what a productive person I could be always moving further and further away with each of my efforts getting crushed under my overwhelming desire to press the snooze button and sleep for a few more minutes… This in essence, described the daily battle I faced and with a change needing to be made for the success of this project, I took it upon myself to

There are habits that are beneficial for your life and other habits that are detrimental to your wellbeing. I personally want to form habits that are beneficial for my life and the lives that I will be able to influence. One of the habits that I am seeking to enhance in my life is one that is beneficial to my body. I plan to increase the amount of vegetables that I have been eating to the amount of vegetables that I should be eating, daily and weekly. I will reflect on how important this change is to me and the motivation behind the change. I will share my plan of action to make the health-enhancing behavior change. I will also reflect on factors that may help me to make the change successful. Also barriers that may hinder my ability to

“The major goals of health promotion are to help people of all ages stay healthy, optimize health in cases of chronic disease or disability, and create healthy environments” (Pender et al., 2015). This health promotion project is designed to identify and reduce the risk factors associated with several illnesses and disease processes. This project will focus on changing lifestyle behaviors and providing up to date education for the patient to make the best informed decision regarding her environment, health behaviors, and developing a support system with her primary care physician.