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Nola J. Pender: The Health Adaptation Model
Nola J. Pender: The Health Adaptation Model
Pender
The Health Adaptation
Model
Background
Born in 1941 in Lansing, Michigan
SITUATIONAL INFLUENCES
Personal perceptions and cognitions of any given situation or context
that can facilitate or impede behaviour. Include perceptions of
options available, demand characteristics and aesthetic features of the
environment in which given health promoting is proposed to take
place. Situational influences may have direct or indirect influences on
health behaviour.
Behavioural Outcome