Young adults are in Piaget's formal operational cognitive development stage, though their cognitive capacity has fully developed young adults are at their prime stage for maturation from formal and informal experiences allowing them to fill their coffers with a wealth of new skills and knowledge (Taylor et al., 2011). This stage affords young adults prime cognitive real estate from which to capitalize the full effectiveness of implementing diabetes management into their lives. With their now heightened sense of problem solving and critical thinking skills young adults’ turn for application of these mastered traits in situations that require immediate attention to their daily lives (Bastable, 2014). Likewise at this stage of their lives young
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Promoting healthy life styles will improve the quality of life in young adults through a behavior approach rather than focusing on the absence of the disease (Bastable, 2014). This model focuses on multiple dimensions of an individual’s characteristics and personal experience (Mohebi, Sharifirad, Feizi, Botlani, Hozori, & Azadbakht, 2013). At its roots this model includes behavior specific cognitions and affects such as perceived benefits of actions, barriers of action, perceived self-efficacy, activity related affect, interpersonal influences, situational influences and commitment to action (Mohebi et al.). With its focus on sustainability this model would yield the longest lasting effect on clients. In the end the greater the personal commitment to health the more likely the health behavior will be maintained, once again nourishing the young adults thirst for continued independence (Ho et al, 2010). Using the health promotion model to teach diabetes self management to young adults will not only save billions of dollars, prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, or prevent devastating diabetes related complications however, teaching the necessary skills to self manage and educate young adults will improve the quality of their
Promoting healthy life styles will improve the quality of life in young adults through a behavior approach rather than focusing on the absence of the disease (Bastable, 2014). This model focuses on multiple dimensions of an individual’s characteristics and personal experience (Mohebi, Sharifirad, Feizi, Botlani, Hozori, & Azadbakht, 2013). At its roots this model includes behavior specific cognitions and affects such as perceived benefits of actions, barriers of action, perceived self-efficacy, activity related affect, interpersonal influences, situational influences and commitment to action (Mohebi et al.). With its focus on sustainability this model would yield the longest lasting effect on clients. In the end the greater the personal commitment to health the more likely the health behavior will be maintained, once again nourishing the young adults thirst for continued independence (Ho et al, 2010). Using the health promotion model to teach diabetes self management to young adults will not only save billions of dollars, prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, or prevent devastating diabetes related complications however, teaching the necessary skills to self manage and educate young adults will improve the quality of their