Question

Ms. Thom, age 46, works as an RN in the intensive care unit at a large busy medical center. Over the last three years she has gained 30 lbs and quit attending the fitness classes at the local recreation center. Her co-workers keep trying to get her to come back to fitness class, but she says that she is too tired after work and just wants to go home. She has smoked for 15 years, but says that she is trying to cut back on the number of cigarettes each day because she watched her mother die from emphysema. She has picked up some literature from Employee Health on smoking cessation. She was recently diagnosed with hypertension. 1. Using the health belief model, identify the modifying factors impacting Ms. Thom's likelihood of taking a preventive health action. 2. Which primary intervention activities are important for Ms. Thom? 3. Using the transtheoretical model of change, in which stage is Ms. Thom most likely related to her smoking? Explain your answe

Answer 1

1,Health belief model(HBM) is a psychological model that helps to change the health behavior..Ms.Thom having a habit of smoking and she is recently diagnosed with hypertention and She is tired for performing her fitness class..
2, Primary intervention activity include stop the smoking and increase the physical activity..she has to stop the smoking because when we inhale the smoke it can damage the tissues of the lungs and physical activity can help prevent the weight gain..
3, Theoritical stage model insist of incorporating processes of change across the disease for understanding behavior change..she is in contempation stage..In this she begins to consider her smoking to quit and they consider making changes..Because Thom knows that her mother died with emphysema..They consider their life when they quit smoking..