Boston University School Of The Health Belief Model

In Mr. S’ case, the social cognitive theory would be selected and applied. The social cognitive theory (STC) suggests people react due to external factors and not because of internal ones (Boston University School of Public Health). This model proposes a different view, where individuals gain and continue behavior, however, they keep in mind the social environment where they carry out the behavior (Boston University School of Public Health). The STC identifies an essential group of psychosocial determinants (self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goals and impediments and facilitators) in order to be able to understand well an extensive variety of health behaviors, including physical activity. If we want to achieve an increase in an individual’s …show more content…
M’s case, the selected and applied model would be the Health Belief Model (HBM). Mrs. M health is relatively good, and there are ways to help Mrs. M with her rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms. In order to help Mrs. M there needs to be a conversation with her to assess her beliefs about RA and how it affects her. The HBM has two components: how much a person wants to evade illness, or recover their health when they are sick and how much does the person think a particular health action helps to stop a disease or recover health (Boston University School of Public Health).
In Mrs. M situation, it is very important to assess Mrs. M’s perceived severity as well as her perceived benefits of RA treatment. According to the HBM, perceived severity discusses the perception of serious of the person sees in her or his disease or illness (Boston University School of Public Health). On the other hand, the perceived benefits according to the HBM are the person’s opinion on how much will the treatment help reduce or eliminate the illness or disease (Boston University School of Public …show more content…
NSAIDs and physical or occupational therapy treatments will be discussed with Mrs. M as well as some alternative medicine such as Tai Chi classes and fish oil treatments. The nurse practitioner needs to do a risk-benefit analysis with Mrs. M to find out how much of the treatment will Mrs. M be willing to do and what she will not. It is important to try to find alternative options when possible for the treatments she will not try, to ensure Mrs. M can get as much relief as possible for her RA. According to Joplin, Van der Zwan, Joshua, and Wong (2015), two of the main reasons why individuals do not follow treatment are lack of education and health knowledge. Spending time with Mrs. M finding out possible reasons why she might not be compliant with medication and answering questions would ensure Mrs. M follows her treatment. This conversation would hopefully act as what the HBM denotes cue of action, and will be the incentive necessary for Mrs. M to start the recommended treatment (Boston University School of Public