Question

What do you think we need to address and work with our patients, when addressing their health behaviors? What would you like to see health care doing more of in order to decrease these negative health behaviors and increase the positive ones? And lastly, what are the barriers to make and maintaining change?

Answer 1

Answer: It is important to address and work with patients when addressing their health behaviors because patients need to be aware regarding their health issues. Patients should understand the importance of the healthy lifestyles. They can only bring positive change in their life by adopting healthy eating habits.

Healthcare professionals indulge in providing information to the patients, creating awareness, patient care plan to improve the condition of the health behavior.

Some of the barriers to make and maintaining changes are:

• Poor knowledge
• Low socioeconomic status
• Inability to accept change.