Dawn believes she is vulnerable to diabetes. She believes diabetes is a serious life threatening disease.
Risk behaviours:
She likes to eat a lot of sweet foods & she is not physically active.
Other risk factors:
Her mother and two aunts on her mothers side died from complications of diabetes and today she is obese.
She knows she is at risk and plans to reduce her risk. She plans to exercise and has made arrangements with her friend Pam to go walking in the mornings at 5:30. For the last three months she has been putting off starting the walking programme
#1 What educational approach is more likely to help Dawn modify her bahaviour?
a. Give Dawn some reading materials about diabetes and its prevention
b. Encourage Dawn to develop a behaviour contract and find a strong support system
c. Have a variety of educational materials displayed in the waiting area of the clinic where Dawn visits for medical care
d. Engage in reflective listening and offer material incentives for change
#2Based on the information given about Dawn and in light of the stages of change theory at what stage would you say she is in her readiness to change her behaviour
A. Pre-contemplation
B. Action
C. Preparation
D. Contemplation
1.Providing reading material is good enough to educate on the disease and its preventive measure but she already has knowledge about it .This cannot make her to modify her behavior
Behaviour contract can be much effective when a patient has some behavioral issues and does not comply with the treatment. Here the patient seems to be mentally sound and is willing to work towards it but does not comply to follow it ,so needs a behavior modification here
Often healthcare sector have educational material in the waiting room patients just go through it and may pr may not implement the benefits of it
Reflective listening is making the patient to give feedback and patient trying to clarify their doubts but material incentives cannot be provided
Ans:Encourage Dawn to develop a behavior contract and find a strong support
2.Pre contemplation is a stage where the patient doesn't realize their problems
Contemplation is a stage where the patient is aware if the problem but does not stick to it or adhere to it
Preparation is a state where plan is made and necessary preparation are done for it
The planned work is implemented
Ans:Contemplation
Dawn believes she is vulnerable to diabetes. She believes diabetes is a serious life threatening disease....