Nola Pender was born August 16, 1941. She was a nursing theorist and author. Nola Pender is the creator of the Health Promotion Model. She was a Professor at University of Michigan School of Nursing where she taught baccalaureate, masters, and PhD students (Miller, nd.). Her model is used internationally for research, education, and practice. Dr. Pender had been educating nurses for over forty years. Nola Pender started studying health-promoting behaviors in the 1970's and the Health Promotion Model (HPM) was made available in 1982. During the early years, she conducted research testing on the Health Promotion Model with adults and adolescents. She also developed the program “Girls on the Move” In order to test the usefulness of the model
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The promotion of health necessitates overcoming barriers and eliminating established detrimental habits and behaviors. Barriers can be both physical and psychological. Some barriers are perceived barriers that the patients have fabricated in their minds and others are related to personal choices. Negative habits can be replaced with positive health choices by changing a person's perspective and priorities. A recent article by Weichselbaum and Buttriss (2014) concluded, “In recent years there has been increasing focus on improving children’s diet and lifestyle habits as part of an overall strategy for preventing obesity and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis” (p. 10). Education is paramount in providing clear and understandable risks and benefits to health …show more content…
The model is used to measure a person’s background and perceived perceptions of self among other factors to predict health behaviors. The HPM satisfactorily pulls together all the factors that can inspire a person to improve their health. Analysis of the model also shows that self-efficacy and the behavior specific cognitions are reinforced as a predictive variable in multiple studies. The model is easily understood, and the key concepts are clear. The descriptions of the concepts are in an uncomplicated form and are understood by all health professionals. The terminology and definitions are consistent throughout the model with the health promoting behavior being the end goal. Pender based her model on the health belief model (HBM) and successfully addressed many of its criticism (Peterson & Bredow,
The promotion of health necessitates overcoming barriers and eliminating established detrimental habits and behaviors. Barriers can be both physical and psychological. Some barriers are perceived barriers that the patients have fabricated in their minds and others are related to personal choices. Negative habits can be replaced with positive health choices by changing a person's perspective and priorities. A recent article by Weichselbaum and Buttriss (2014) concluded, “In recent years there has been increasing focus on improving children’s diet and lifestyle habits as part of an overall strategy for preventing obesity and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis” (p. 10). Education is paramount in providing clear and understandable risks and benefits to health …show more content…
The model is used to measure a person’s background and perceived perceptions of self among other factors to predict health behaviors. The HPM satisfactorily pulls together all the factors that can inspire a person to improve their health. Analysis of the model also shows that self-efficacy and the behavior specific cognitions are reinforced as a predictive variable in multiple studies. The model is easily understood, and the key concepts are clear. The descriptions of the concepts are in an uncomplicated form and are understood by all health professionals. The terminology and definitions are consistent throughout the model with the health promoting behavior being the end goal. Pender based her model on the health belief model (HBM) and successfully addressed many of its criticism (Peterson & Bredow,